{"id":11118,"date":"2025-12-09T12:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11118"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:26:53","slug":"ins-gharial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-gharial\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Gharial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>INS Gharial Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian Navy recently deployed INS Gharial and three other vessels as part of the ongoing Operation Sagar Bandhu for offering humanitarian assistance and relief to the cyclone-affected regions of Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About INS Gharial<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INS Gharial (L23) is a <\/span><b>Magar-class amphibious warfare vessel <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Indian Navy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>second indigenously built Landing Ship Tank (Large).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was built by <\/span><b>Hindustan Shipyard Limited<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the largest ships <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Indian Navy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was commissioned on 14 Feb 1997<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is part of the Eastern Fleet under the<\/span><b> Eastern Naval Command.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is capable of carrying <\/span><b>two helicopters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, one in the hangar and one on deck, <\/span><b>10 Vijayanta tanks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in her underbelly, and<\/span><b> four Landing Craft\u00a0 Assault (LCA)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> slung aloft.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">It is also armed with <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">guns and rocket launchers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are used to &#8220;<\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">soften up&#8221; a hostile beach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">tanks go in <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the<\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> LCAs charge in with assault troops.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/operation-sagar-bandhu-navy-deploys-ins-gharial-three-lcus-to-render-aid-to-sri-lanka\/2801277\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Gharial is a Magar-class amphibious warfare vessel of the Indian Navy. 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