INS Shakti
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History | |
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Name | Shakti |
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Yard number | 6186 |
Launched | 11 October 2010[1] |
Commissioned | 1 October 2011 |
Identification |
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Motto | Anything, Anywhere |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Deepak-class fleet tanker |
Displacement | 27,550 tonnes (27,110 long tons; 30,370 short tons)[3] |
Length | 175 m (574 ft) |
Beam | 25 m (82 ft) |
Draft | 9.1 m (30 ft) (Maximum) |
Depth | 19.3 m (63 ft) |
Decks | 10 |
Installed power | 2 × MAN diesel engines, 19.2 MW (25,700 hp) |
Propulsion | Single shaft; controllable-pitch propeller |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Endurance | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 180 sailors and 20 officers |
Electronic warfare & decoys | Chaff launcher system[4] |
Armament | 4 × AK-630 Close-in weapons system[4] |
Aircraft carried | Various helicopters[4] |
Aviation facilities | Aviation hangar |
Notes | Cargo capacity: 17,900 tonnes at full load |
INS Shakti (A57) (lit. Strength)[5] is a Deepak-class fleet tanker in service with the Indian Navy. She was built by Fincantieri, an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste.[3] She is the second and final ship of her class.[6] Shakti, along with her predecessor Deepak, is one of the largest ships of the Indian Navy.[2]
The construction of the vessel began in November 2009 and she was launched in October 2010. She was handed over to India by September 2011 and was commissioned on 1 October 2011.[2][7][8] The construction of the vessel was completed in a record time of 27 months, after the contract worth €159.32 million was signed in April 2008.[4]
INS Shakti can refuel four ships at a time, with a fuelling speed of 1,500 tonnes per hour while her predecessors had a speed of 300 per hour. She is also equipped with state-of-the art electronics, medical facilities and storage spaces.[4] According to Admiral Nirmal Verma, Shakti would significantly add to the Indian Navy's ability to conduct and sustain operations distant from the coast.[4]