INS Aditya (A59) is an Aditya-class replenishment and repair ship in service with the Indian Navy. The ship was launched on 15 November 1993[1] and commissioned on 3 April 2000.
Aditya is a fully air-conditioned and lengthened version of the original class, but with a multipurpose workshop and with four replenishment at sea (RAS) stations alongside. The ship was built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE). Building progress was very slow and the ship was plagued by propulsion problems, during her sea trials in September 1999.
Description[edit | edit source]
The ship has a cargo capacity of 2,250 m3 (79,000 cu ft) water, 2,170 m3 (77,000 cu ft) ammunition and stores and 14,200 m3 (500,000 cu ft) diesel and aviation kerosene. The ship can carry 12,000 tons of liquid cargo, comprising LSHSD, aviation kerosene, distilled and fresh water and 5,000 tons of solid cargo. The ship features a Hallapa deck and Canadian Hepburn RAS equipment. Aditya is also equipped with a 2-ton heavy jackstay and a 20-ton crane. It can replenish four warships and one rotor aircraft simultaneously and was designed to be able to serve as command and control platform. It can refuel at the maximum rate of 600 tonnes per hour.[2][3]
Aditya was initially armed with light and medium machine guns. The self-defence capability was added by installing new close-in weapons like anti-aircraft and anti-missile guns and missiles. Even though it is smaller than INS Jyoti, it has more advanced capabilities. It carries a helicopter as compared to only a helicopter deck of Jyoti.[3]
Service history[edit | edit source]
In 2010, Aditya, along with three other warships of the navy - INS Mysore, INS Tabar and INS Ganga, were deployed to South Africa and took part in the 2nd IBSAMAR, the joint military exercise of the navies of India, Brazil, and South Africa. A total of 11 warships took part in the exercise, which was conducted off the coast of Durban from 13 to 27 September.[4]
In mid-July 2024, Aditya and INS Visakhapatnam conducted an exercise with United States Navy's Carrier Strike Group 9 centred on Template:USS along with Carrier Air Wing 11 and Template:USS in the Indian Ocean.[5][6][7]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Aditya refueling the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya -
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Top view of Aditya -
Aditya during a berthing operation. -
Aditya arriving at Toulon, France -
Aditya departing Portsmouth Naval Base, United Kingdom, 20 June 2009.
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See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Template:Csr
- ↑ "Indian Navy strengthens far-reaching capability". Sify. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A58 Jyoti". Global Security. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ "Navy Stamps blue Water Presence Across IOR, bolsters Capacity with Induction of MIG-29k, INS Shivalik". Year-end Review – 2010 Indian Navy. Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ India, U. S. Mission (15 July 2024). "The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group Conducts Joint Maritime Activity with Indian Forces". U.S. Embassy & Consulates in India. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ↑ Deshpande, Smruti (15 July 2024). "Indian Navy, US's Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group conduct joint exercise in Indian Ocean". ThePrint. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ↑ "India – US defence collaboration: Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Indian Navy conduct joint activity". Financialexpress. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- Aditya class at Bharat-Rakshak – Retrieved on 2009-04-19
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