INS Cheetah (L18)
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INS Cheetah is a -class tank landing ship of the Indian Navy.
| History | |
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 India
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| Name: | INS Cheetah |
| Builder: | |
| Commissioned: | 30 November 1984 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: L18 |
| Status: | in active service |
| Badge: | INS Cheetah crest |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | -class tank landing ship |
| Displacement: | 1120 tons (standard) |
| Length: | 83.9 m [1] |
| Beam: | 9.7 m |
| Draught: | 1.3 metres (extreme bow and 2.58 metres (stern) |
| Depth: | 5.2 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x 2200 hp Soviet Kolomna 40-D two stroke diesel engines. |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 120 (incl. 12 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | SRN 7453 radar |
| Armament: | 2 × AK-230 30mm guns(absoluted) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 HAL Chetak |
HistoryEdit
Built at the Gdańsk Shipyard in Poland, INS Cheetah was commissioned in 30 November 1984
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2011.