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INS <i>Kesari</i> (2005)

INS Kesari (2005)

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For other ships with the same name, see INS Kesari.

INS Kesari is a Shardul-class tank landing ship of the Indian Navy.[1][3][4]

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History

The ship was launched by Sandhya Prasad, wife of Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Yashwant Prasad.[5]

In 2009, INS Kesari was transferred from the Eastern Naval Command in Vishakhapatnam to Port Blair.[6]

In March 2014, the ship, under the command of Commander Mahesh Mangipudi, was involved in the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean region.[7]

References

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    Archived 19 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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    "INS Kesari". ABS Eagle. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
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    "Surface Ships". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
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    "Shardul Class". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
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    "New state-of-art vessel joins Navy". Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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    Archived 15 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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    "Plane-hunt armada steams towards India's backyard". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2018.


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