INS Jyoti (A58) during Milan 2018 exercise
Class overview
Operators
Active2
General characteristics
TypeReplenishment 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 carrier INS Vikramaditya.[2]

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).[3][4][5][6] INS Jyoti visited Shanghai in 2003,[7] and participated in exercises by the Indian and Singapore navies in 2010.[8][9]

Qinghaihu was laid down in January 1989 at the Kherson Shipyard as Vladimir Peregudov.[10] In 1992, China bought the incomplete ship from Ukraine for $10 million.[11] 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.[10]

Ships of the class

Name Pennant Builder Homeport Commissioned Status
INS Jyoti A58 Admiralty Shipyard, St. Petersburg[12] Karwar 20 July 1996[12] Active
Qinghaihu AO 885 Kherson Shipyard, Kherson[13] Sanya 5 August 1996[13] Active

See also

References

  1. ^ "INS Jyoti". Surface fleet. Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  2. ^ Eric Wertheim (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World (15 ed.). Naval Institute Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2.
  3. ^ "INS Jyoti". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  4. ^ "A58 Jyoti". Global Security. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  5. ^ "INS Jyoti's fire power to be enhanced". The Hindu. 28 October 2000. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  6. ^ Rai (Retd), Cmde Ranji. "Indian Navy's Aircraft Carriers and other Programmes". India Strategic. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Indian warships wind up Shanghai visit". People's Daily. 14 November 2003. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  8. ^ "India-Singapore naval exercises begin today". The Hindu. 3 April 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Operational Deployment of Eastern Fleet 2011". Past Deployments. Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  10. ^ a b Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2015). Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Jane's Information Group. p. 161. ISBN 978-0710631435.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ a b Wertheim, Naval Institute Guide, 301.
  13. ^ a b Wertheim, Naval Institute Guide, 132.

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