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Latest revision as of 05:39, 22 October 2022
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| Name: | INS Nirupak |
| Builder: | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
| Launched: | 4 June 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 14 August 1985 |
| Identification: | |
| Status: | in active service |
| Badge: | File:INS Nirupak emblem.JPG |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | -class survey ship |
| Displacement: | 1,929 long tons (1,960 t) full |
| Length: | 87.8 m (288 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 18 officers + 160 enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × HAL Chetak helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Helipad |
INS Nirupak (J20) (Hindi: निरूपक lit.denominator) is a -class hydrographic survey ship in the Indian Navy. The ship was built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers and commissioned into the Indian navy at Visakhapatnam naval base in 1985 under Eastern Naval Command.
Equipment[edit | edit source]
The ship is equipped with ROV, AUV & USV. Apart from a helicopter and Bofors 40 mm gun for self defense, the ship is also equipped with four survey motor boats and two small boats. Nirupak is the second ship to have been indigenously designed and constructed, commissioned after INS Sandhayak under the class. As a hospital ship, Nirupak has taken part in disaster relief exercises.[2] On a goodwill mission in 2010 the ship visited Trincomalee Port.[3]
Tasks[edit | edit source]
The primary tasks of INS Nirupak include hydrographic surveys, nautical chart preparation, cartography & training. The ship also has disaster relief capabilities because it can operate as a hospital.
Operations[edit | edit source]
Nirupak was one of the first ships of the Indian Navy alongside INS Khukri to be involved in relief operations after a 2004 Tsunami where it provided relief operations under Operation Gambhir as a hospital ship to Indonesia.[4] In 2016 the ship was also involved in searching for the missing Antonov 32 of the Indian Navy that crashed over the Bay of Bengal. However, the aircraft is still missing.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "J 20 Sandhayak Class". globalsecurity.org. 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ "Disaster management skills demonstrated".
- ↑ "US, Indian naval ships at Trinco".
- ↑ "Navy launches Operation Gambhir in Indonesia". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Special ships to join search for missing AN-32".