INS Ghorpad (L14)

History
India
Name:	INS Ghorpad
Builder:	Gdańsk Shipyard; Stocznia Gdynia;
Commissioned:	21 December 1974
Decommissioned:	11 January 2008
Identification:	Pennant number: L14
Status:	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type:	-class tank landing ship
Displacement:	1120 tons (standard)
Length:	83.9 m
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
Complement:	120 (incl. 12 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems:	SRN 7453 radar
Armament:	2 × AK-230 30mm guns; 4 × CRN-91 AA (Naval 30mm Medak); guns, MANPAD's.;
Aircraft carried:	1 HAL Chetak

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INS Ghorpad was a -class tank landing ship of the Indian Navy.

History[edit]

Built at the Gdańsk Shipyard in Poland, INS Ghorpad was commissioned on 21 December 1974. She was decommissioned on 11 January 2008.

References[edit]

↑ "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[1] "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 16 December 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

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v t e -class tank landing ships
Ghorpad Kesari Shardul Sharabh Cheetah Mahish Guldar Kumbhir
Preceded by: Gharial class Followed by: class
Amphibious warfare vessels of the Indian Navy

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