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The '''''Komandarm Fedko'' class''' is a class of [[Replenishment oiler|replenishment tanker]]s operated by the [[Indian Navy|Indian]] and [[People's Liberation Army Navy|Chinese navies]]. Four ships of the ''Komandarm Fedko'' class were constructed by the Soviet Union, later Russia, of which one was bought by India, one by China and two are in commercial service. INS ''Jyoti'' (meaning "light") is the second largest ship in the Indian Navy after the [[aircraft carrier]] {{INS|Vikramaditya}}.<ref name="comfleet">{{cite book|title=Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C |isbn=1-59114-955-X |author=Eric Wertheim |edition=15 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |date=2007 |page=301}}</ref> Likewise [[Fusu-class replenishment ship|''Qinghai-Hu'']] is the second largest ship in the [[People's Liberation Army Navy]] after the aircraft carrier {{ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Liaoning||2}}.<ref name="comfleet"/>
The '''''Komandarm Fedko'' class''' is a class of [[Replenishment oiler|replenishment tankers]] operated by the [[Indian Navy|Indian]] and [[People's Liberation Army Navy|Chinese navies]]. Four ships of the ''Komandarm Fedko'' class were constructed by the Soviet Union, later Russia, of which one was bought by India, one by China and two are in commercial service. INS ''Jyoti'' (meaning "light") is the third largest ship in the Indian Navy after the [[aircraft carrier]] {{INS|Vikramaditya}}.<ref name="comfleet">{{cite book|title=Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C |isbn=978-1-59114-955-2 |author=Eric Wertheim |edition=15 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |date=2007 |page=301}}</ref>


==History==
== History ==
{{INS|Jyoti|A58|6}} was constructed by the [[Admiralty Shipyard]] of [[St. Petersburg]], Russia. It was built to be a Project 15966M merchant tanker, but was modified and purchased by the Indian Navy, and commissioned on 20 July 1996. The ship was based at [[Bombay]], where it arrived in November 2006. It is deployed as a major force multiplier in sustaining the navy's blue water operations. It can increase the range of a naval task force without tanker support from seven days and {{convert|2400|nmi|lk=in}} to 50 days and {{convert|16,800|nmi}}.<ref name=br1f>{{cite web|title=INS Jyoti|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/162-INS-Jyothi.html|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=gs1f>{{cite web|title=A58 Jyoti|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/jyoti.htm|publisher=Global Security|access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=thin28oct1>{{cite news|title=INS Jyoti's fire power to be enhanced|url=http://hindu.com/2000/10/28/stories/0228000f.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206125442/http://hindu.com/2000/10/28/stories/0228000f.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 February 2013|access-date=1 February 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 October 2000}}</ref><ref name=is1f>{{cite web|last=Rai (Retd)|first=Cmde Ranji|title=Indian Navy's Aircraft Carriers and other Programmes|url=http://www.indiastrategic.in/topstories41.htm|publisher=India Strategic|access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref> INS ''Jyoti'' visited [[Shanghai]] in 2003,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200311/14/eng20031114_128300.shtml|title=Indian warships wind up Shanghai visit|date=14 November 2003|work=[[People's Daily]]|access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> and participated in exercises by the Indian and Singapore navies in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article381831.ece|title=India-Singapore naval exercises begin today|date=3 April 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref><ref name=inpd>{{cite web|title=Operational Deployment of Eastern Fleet 2011|url=http://www.indiannavy.gov.in/node/1424|work=Past Deployments|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref>
{{INS|Jyoti|A58|6}} was constructed by the [[Admiralty Shipyard]] of [[St. Petersburg]], Russia. It was built to be a Project 15966M merchant tanker, but was modified and purchased by the Indian Navy, and commissioned on 20 July 1996. The ship was based at [[Bombay]], where it arrived in November 2006. It is deployed as a major force multiplier in sustaining the navy's blue water operations. It can increase the range of a naval task force without tanker support from seven days and {{convert|2400|nmi|lk=in}} to 50 days and {{convert|16,800|nmi}}.<ref name=br1f>{{cite web|title=INS Jyoti|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/162-INS-Jyothi.html|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=gs1f>{{cite web|title=A58 Jyoti|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/jyoti.htm|publisher=Global Security|access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=thin28oct1>{{cite news|title=INS Jyoti's fire power to be enhanced|url=http://hindu.com/2000/10/28/stories/0228000f.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206125442/http://hindu.com/2000/10/28/stories/0228000f.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 February 2013|access-date=1 February 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 October 2000}}</ref><ref name=is1f>{{cite web|last=Rai (Retd)|first=Cmde Ranji|title=Indian Navy's Aircraft Carriers and other Programmes|url=http://www.indiastrategic.in/topstories41.htm|publisher=India Strategic|access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref> INS ''Jyoti'' visited [[Shanghai]] in 2003,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200311/14/eng20031114_128300.shtml|title=Indian warships wind up Shanghai visit|date=14 November 2003|work=[[People's Daily]]|access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> and participated in exercises by the Indian and Singapore navies in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article381831.ece|title=India-Singapore naval exercises begin today|date=3 April 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref><ref name=inpd>{{cite web|title=Operational Deployment of Eastern Fleet 2011|url=http://www.indiannavy.gov.in/node/1424|work=Past Deployments|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref>


==Ships of the class==
== Ships of the class ==
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| {{INS|Jyoti|A58|6}} || A58 || Admiralty Shipyard, St. Petersburg<ref name=Wertheim301>Wertheim, ''Naval Institute Guide'', 301.</ref> || [[Karwar]] || 20 July 1996<ref name=Wertheim301/> || Active
| {{INS|Jyoti|A58|6}} || A58 || Admiralty Shipyard, St. Petersburg<ref name=Wertheim301>Wertheim, ''Naval Institute Guide'', 301.</ref> || [[Karwar]] || 20 July 1996<ref name="Wertheim301" /> || Active
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| [[Fusu-class replenishment ship|''Qinghai-Hu'']] || AO 885 || Kherson Shipyard, Kherson<ref name=Wertheim132>Wertheim, ''Naval Institute Guide'', 132.</ref> || || 5 August 1996<ref name=Wertheim132/> || Active
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| [[Fusu-class replenishment ship|''Qinghai-Hu'']] || AO 885 || Kherson Shipyard, Kherson<ref name=Wertheim132>Wertheim, ''Naval Institute Guide'', 132.</ref> || || 5 August 1996<ref name="Wertheim132" /> || Active
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==See also==
== See also ==
*{{sclass-|Deepak|fleet tanker|1}}
*{{sclass|Deepak|fleet tanker|1}}
*{{sclass-|Aditya|auxiliary ship|1}}
*{{sclass|Aditya|auxiliary ship|1}}
*[[HSL-class fleet support ship]]


==References==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
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==External links==
== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130919080658/http://indiannavy.nic.in/sites/default/files/simbex11_3ship-stream_front-view.jpg INS ''Jyoti'' refueling two frigates at sea during SIMBEX 2011]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130919080658/http://indiannavy.nic.in/sites/default/files/simbex11_3ship-stream_front-view.jpg INS ''Jyoti'' refueling two frigates at sea during SIMBEX 2011]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130919063013/http://indiannavy.nic.in/sites/default/files/malabar11_Formation_Ships-fan-out_FrontSide-view_2.jpg INS ''Jyoti'' in [[Exercise Malabar|Malabar 2011]]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130919063013/http://indiannavy.nic.in/sites/default/files/malabar11_Formation_Ships-fan-out_FrontSide-view_2.jpg INS ''Jyoti'' in Exercise Malabar|Malabar 2011]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:08, 17 November 2022

INS Jyoti (A58) during Milan 2018 exercise
Class overview
Operators:
Active: 2
General characteristics
Type: Replenishment tanker
Displacement: 35,900 tons full load[1]
Length: 178 m (584 ft 0 in)
Beam: 25 m (82 ft 0 in)
Propulsion: One 10,948 hp (8,164 kW) steam turbine
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range: 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 92 (incl. 16 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:		 2 x Decca 1226 navigation radars
Armament: Guns may be fitted in due course
Aircraft carried: 1 medium helicopter
Notes: Cargo capacity: 25,040 tons diesel

The Komandarm Fedko class is a class of replenishment tankers operated by the Indian and Chinese navies. Four ships of the Komandarm Fedko class were constructed by the Soviet Union, later Russia, of which one was bought by India, one by China and two are in commercial service. INS Jyoti (meaning "light") is the third largest ship in the Indian Navy after the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.[2]

History[edit | edit source]

INS Jyoti was constructed by the Admiralty Shipyard of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was built to be a Project 15966M merchant tanker, but was modified and purchased by the Indian Navy, and commissioned on 20 July 1996. The ship was based at Bombay, where it arrived in November 2006. It is deployed as a major force multiplier in sustaining the navy's blue water operations. It can increase the range of a naval task force without tanker support from seven days and 2,400 nautical miles (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) to 50 days and 16,800 nautical miles (31,100 km; 19,300 mi).[3][4][5][6] INS Jyoti visited Shanghai in 2003,[7] and participated in exercises by the Indian and Singapore navies in 2010.[8][9]

Ships of the class[edit | edit source]

Name Pennant Builder Homeport Commissioned Status
INS Jyoti A58 Admiralty Shipyard, St. Petersburg[10] Karwar 20 July 1996[10] Active
Qinghai-Hu AO 885 Kherson Shipyard, Kherson[11] 5 August 1996[11] Active

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "INS Jyoti". Surface fleet. Indian Navy. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Eric Wertheim (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World (15 ed.). Naval Institute Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2.
  3. ↑ "INS Jyoti". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "A58 Jyoti". Global Security. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "INS Jyoti's fire power to be enhanced". The Hindu. 28 October 2000. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  6. ↑ Rai (Retd), Cmde Ranji. "Indian Navy's Aircraft Carriers and other Programmes". India Strategic. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Indian warships wind up Shanghai visit". People's Daily. 14 November 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "India-Singapore naval exercises begin today". The Hindu. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "Operational Deployment of Eastern Fleet 2011". Past Deployments. Indian Navy. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Wertheim, Naval Institute Guide, 301.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Wertheim, Naval Institute Guide, 132.

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