Komandarm Fedko-class oiler

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INS Jyoti (A58) during Milan 2018 exercise
Class overview
Operators
Active2
General characteristics
Type Replenishment tanker
Displacement35,900 tons full load [1]
Length178 m (584 ft 0 in)
Beam25 m (82 ft 0 in)
PropulsionOne 10,948 hp (8,164 kW) 6DKRN60/195 diesel
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement92 (incl. 16 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems		2 x Decca 1226 navigation radars
ArmamentGuns may be fitted in due course
Aircraft carried1 medium helicopter
NotesCargo capacity: 25,040 tons diesel

The Komandarm Fedko class is a class of replenishment tankers operated by the Indian and Chinese navies. Four ships of the Komandarm Fedko class were constructed by the Soviet Union, later Russia, of which one was bought by India, one by China and two are in commercial service. INS Jyoti (meaning "light") is the third largest ship in the Indian Navy after the aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya.

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History

INS Jyoti was constructed by the Admiralty Shipyard of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was built to be a Project 15966M merchant tanker, but was modified and purchased by the Indian Navy, and commissioned on 20 July 1996. The ship was based at Bombay, where it arrived in November 2006. It is deployed as 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 2,400 nautical miles (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) to 50 days and 16,800 nautical miles (31,100 km; 19,300 mi). [2] [3] [4] [5] INS Jyoti visited Shanghai in 2003, [6] and participated in exercises by the Indian and Singapore navies in 2010. [7] [8]

Qinghaihu was laid down in January 1989 at the Kherson Shipyard as Vladimir Peregudov. [9] In 1992, China bought the incomplete ship from Ukraine for $10 million. [10] The ship sailed nearly complete to Dalian, China in 1993, and completed by the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company. She was commissioned into the PLAN on 5 August 1996 and assigned to the South Sea Fleet. [9]

Ships of the class

NamePennantBuilderHomeportCommissionedStatus
INS Jyoti A58Admiralty Shipyard, St. Petersburg [11] Karwar 20 July 1996 [11] Active
Qinghaihu AO 885Kherson Shipyard, Kherson [12] Sanya 5 August 1996 [12] Active

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  9. 1 2 Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2015). Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Jane's Information Group. p. 161. ISBN   978-0710631435.
  10. ↑ Eric Wertheim (2013). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World (16 ed.). Naval Institute Press. p. 134. ISBN   978-1-59114-954-5.
  11. 1 2 Wertheim, Naval Institute Guide, 301.
  12. 1 2 Wertheim, Naval Institute Guide, 132.


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