SANDHAYAK INS J-18

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D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
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SANDHAYAK INS J-18

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:08 pm

Built in 1980-'81 by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Goa Shipyard Ltd.
Survey ship, Displecment:1929 tonnes, L:87,80m. B:12,80m. Draft:3,43m. 2 diesel engines:7720 hp. 16 kn. complement:178, armament:1-40mm./60 gun, helicopter deck.

The Sandhayak class of survey ships is a serie of eight vessels built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata and Goa Shipyard, Ltd., Vasco for the Indian Navy. The vessels are powered by two diesel engines and have a top speed of 16 knots.
Sandhayak-class survey ships are equipped with a range of surveying, navigational and communication systems. The ships are designed to undertake shallow coastal and deep oceanic hydrographic survey and collect oceanographic and geophysical data required for the production of digital navigational charts and publications. Besides carrying out their primary role of hydrographic survey, they can also assist in times of war and natural calamities as troop transports and casualty holding ships.
(India 2006, 5 R. StG.?) ship on the left.
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