Sandhayak class
INS Investigator during Exercise Milan 2014
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| Class overview |
| Builders: |
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| Operators: |
 India |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Survey ship |
| Displacement: |
1929 tonnes |
| Length: |
87.8 m (288 ft) |
| Beam: |
12.8 m (42 ft) |
| Speed: |
16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: |
178 |
| Armament: |
Bofors 40 mm/60 gun |
| Aviation facilities: |
helicopter deck |
The Sandhayak-class survey ships are a series of eight vessels built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata and Goa Shipyard, Ltd., Vasco for the Indian Navy.[citation needed] The vessels are powered by two diesel engines and have a top speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). They have a helicopter deck and are also armed with a Bofors 40 mm/60 gun mount for self-defense.
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.
Ships in the class
Ships in the class
| Name |
Pennant No. |
Date of Commission |
Homeport |
| INS Nirupak |
J 20 |
14 August 1985 |
Vizag |
| INS Investigator |
J 15 |
11 January 1990 |
Mumbai |
| INS Jamuna |
J 16 |
31 August 1991 |
Kochi |
| INS Sutlej |
J 17 |
19 February 1993 |
Kochi |
| INS Sandhayak |
J 18 |
14 March 1981 |
Vizag |
| INS Nirdeshak |
J 19 |
4 October 1982 |
Vizag |
| INS Darshak |
J 21 |
28 April 2001 |
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| INS Sarvekshak |
J 22 |
14 January 2002 |
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See also
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INS Sandhayak
