INS Sandhayak (J18)
_at_sea.jpg) INS Sandhayak (J18) at sea
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| History | |
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 India | |
| Name | INS Sandhayak |
| Builder | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers |
| Launched | 6 April 1977 |
| Commissioned | 14 March 1981 |
| Decommissioned | 4 June 2021 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | survey ship |
| Displacement | 1,929 long tons (1,960 t) full |
| Length | 87.8 m (288 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | |
| Complement | 18 officers + 160 enlisted |
| Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × HAL Chetak helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Helipad |
INS Sandhayak (J18) (
survey ships. The ship operates as a hydrographic survey ship in the Indian Navy, under the Eastern Naval Command. Apart from a helicopter and Bofors 40 mm gun for self defence, the ship is also equipped with four survey motor boats, two small boats. The ship can also analyse the level of pollution, sea level at various places, sea bed and marine wealth. Sandhayak is capable of conducting shallow coastal and deep oceanic hydrographic survey and collect oceanographic and geophysical data.[2] The ship was decommissioned on 4 June 2021 after 40 years in service.[3]
Ship history
Built by
indigenously
designed and constructed.
Sandhayak is equipped with a range of
Survey Task
The primary task of Sandhayak includes hydrographic surveys,
2004 Tsunami[5] In 2015 Sandhayak was used to conduct a search of the sea floor of the missing Dornier 228 of the Indian Coast Guard and was successful in detecting the beacon signals of the missing aircraft.[6] In 2016 Sandhayak conducted a survey off the coast of Rameswaram in a bid to find a new seaway that will allow larger ships to traverse the narrow Palk Strait.[7]
References
- ^ "J 22 Sandhayak Class". globalsecurity.org. 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Naval survey ship in Rameswaram".
- ^ "INS Sandhayak to be Decommissioned on 04 Jun 21". PIB. 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Navy airlifts three sailors aboard ship for indiscipline".
- ^ "INS Sandhayak Establishes Depths of 10-20 mtrs [sic] inside Middle Strait for Safe Navigation by Bigger Bo".
- ^ "Naval survey ship INS Sandhayak picks up beacon signals from missing Dornier aircraft". 13 June 2015.
- ^ "Naval survey ship in Rameswaram".
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