{"id":131527,"date":"2026-11-01T13:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T08:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=131527"},"modified":"2026-11-01T17:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T11:37:29","slug":"ins-kesari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-kesari\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Kesari"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>INS Kesari Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Navy vessel INS Kesari experienced water ingress while berthed at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About INS Kesari<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INS Kesari <\/span><b>(L15)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>Shardul Class Landing Ship Tank (LST)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Indian Navy.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship was <\/span><b>built <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <\/span><b>Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>commissioned <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into the Indian Navy on 5 April <\/span><b>2008<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>second ship of the Shardul class after INS Shardul<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with <\/span><b>INS Airavat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> completing the three-ship class.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship is designed for <\/span><b>amphibious operations, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including the <\/span><b>transportation of troops and equipment.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can carry <\/span><b>tanks, armoured vehicles,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stores, and around<\/span><b> 500 personnel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and can <\/span><b>put them ashore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directly on a beach.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their <\/span><b>large cargo decks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also make them a regular <\/span><b>choice for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It displaces around 5,650 tonnes and is about 125 metres long. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/dailypioneer.com\/india\/water-ingress-reported-on-indian-navy-ship-ins-kesari-at-visakhapatnam-dockyard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>DP<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Kesari is an Indian Navy landing ship designed for amphibious operations, troop transport and disaster relief missions. 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