INS Jyoti (A58)
INS Jyoti
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History | |
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Name | Jyoti |
Operator | Indian Navy |
Builder | St. Petersburg[2] |
Laid down | September 1993[3] |
Launched | 8 December 1995[1] |
Completed | 1995 |
Commissioned | 20 July 1996[2] |
Identification |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Komandarm Fedko-class replenishment oiler |
Displacement | 35,900 tonnes (35,300 long tons; 39,600 short tons) full load[3][4] |
Length | 178 m (584 ft) |
Beam | 25.3 m (83 ft)[1] |
Draught | 11.35 m (37.2 ft) |
Propulsion | One Bryansk–Burmeister & Wain 6DKRN60/195 diesel, 10,948 bhp. 1 fixed pitch propeller. |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Range | 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 208 (incl. 23 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems | 2 x Decca 1226 navigation radars |
Armament | Close-in weapons systems for self-protection[5][6] |
Armor | Twin-hulled |
Aircraft carried | 1 Alouette III helicopter |
Aviation facilities | A helicopter deck |
Notes | Cargo capacity: 28,000 tons at full load |
INS Jyoti (A58) (meaning: sacred light) is the third of four
It is a major force multiplier in sustaining the navy's blue water operations. It can increase the range of a naval task force without tanker support from seven days and 2400 nautical miles to 50 days and 16,800 nautical miles.[3][5][6][9]
Design and description
General characteristics and propulsion
INS Jyoti has a length of 178 m (584 ft)
The ship is powered by a Bryansk–Burmeister & Wain 6DKRN60/195 diesel (a licence-built MAN-B&W 6L60MC) delivering 10,948 hp (8,164 kW) to a single fixed pitch propeller. This allows the ship to reach a maximum speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) for an endurance of 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi).[1][10]
Capacity
Displacing 39,900 tons at full load, the Jyoti is the second largest ship of the navy, even larger than the decommissioned 28,500 tons aircraft carrier INS Viraat. The ship can carry 28,000 tons at full load, consisting of fuel diesel, aviation fuels, oils, and water of different grades. The fresh water carried for use in steam turbines is of much higher grade than drinking water.[5][6][9]
Jyoti has two replenishment positions on each side, with the option of
Armament
It was initially armed with light and medium machine guns. In 2000, self-defence capabilities were added by installing new close-in weapons like anti-aircraft and anti-missile guns and missiles. This was done to enhance the survivability of the ship during surface warfare operations on India's western seaboard. It also has a helicopter deck.[5][6]
Procurement and service
INS Jyoti was constructed by the
Service history
1998
Growth in the India-Philippines relations broadened ways for the cooperation between navies. Three Indian naval ships - INS Delhi, INS Khanjar and INS Jyoti visited the Philippines from 24–27 October 1998.[13]
On 28 March 1998, four civilian workmen were killed in a gas explosion on-board the Jyoti at the naval dockyard.[5]
2001
INS Jyoti and INS Mumbai were deployed to South East Asia and the South West Pacific. The ships made port calls at Fremantle, Sydney, Wellington and Ho Chi Minh City.[14]
2003
INS Jyoti visited the Shanghai naval base in 2003 as part of a three-vessel fleet, for a five-day official visit. The fleet was commanded by flag officer Rear Admiral R. P. Suthan of India's Eastern Naval Command. It comprised a guided missile destroyer INS Ranjit, a guided missile corvette INS Kulish and the INS Jyoti. The fleet held airborne and surface search and rescue exercises with China's East Sea Fleet, which were code-named Dolphin 0311. Before the joint exercise, the Chinese and Indian ships also conducted maritime communication and formation maneuvers. These were the first joint naval exercises between China and India. The fleet left Shanghai on 14 November 2003.[15][16][17]
2007
In early 2007, a fleet of ships from the navy's Eastern command conducted a two-month-long deployment in the South-East and East Asia. The ships, guided-missile destroyers INS Mysore, INS Rana and INS Ranjit, the guided-missile corvette, INS Kuthar and the fleet tanker INS Jyoti, were under the command of Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, Rear Admiral R K Dhowan. From 18 March to 23 May, the fleet made port-calls at a number of ports, including Singapore, Yokosuka in Japan, Qingdao located on the southern coast of the Shandong peninsula of China, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, and Vladivostok in Russia. The fleet left Qingdao on 16 April 2007,[18] and then conducted joint anti-terror exercises with the Russian Navy.[5][19]
During September 2007, the navy deployed three ships -
2009
In 2009, the Jyoti, along with
2010
By 2010, the ship had completed thirteen years in the navy, during which time it had undertaken 2504 underway replenishment runs and travelled 375,282 nautical miles. It had operated in the Indian Ocean, South China Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf and the Pacific Ocean and had participated in numerous multinational exercises with the navies of the United States of America, South Korea, Philippines, Japan and Singapore etc.[1]
In April 2010, it took part in the 17th Singapore-Indian Maritime Bilateral Exercise (
In May 2010, the navy’s Eastern Fleet deployed INS Jyoti, along with the guided-missile destroyers
2011
In early 2011, the ship was part of a fleet of warships from the Eastern Fleet which went on an operational deployment in South East Asia and the Western Pacific.
From 2–10 April,
In May 2011, Jyoti and Ranvir, led by Captain Sunil Balakrishnan, were deployed to Brunei, and docked at Muara port. The purpose of the visit was to build on cultural and diplomatic relations between the two countries.[44]
See also
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