Komandarm Fedko-class oiler explained

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 .[1]

History

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 2400nmi to 50 days and .[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
A58 Admiralty Shipyard, St. Petersburg[11] 20 July 1996 Active
AO 885 Kherson Shipyard, Kherson[12] 5 August 1996 Active

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World . 978-1-59114-955-2 . Eric Wertheim . 15 . Naval Institute Press . 2007 . 301.
  2. Web site: INS Jyoti. Bharat Rakshak. 1 February 2013.
  3. Web site: A58 Jyoti. Global Security. 1 February 2013.
  4. News: INS Jyoti's fire power to be enhanced. https://web.archive.org/web/20130206125442/http://hindu.com/2000/10/28/stories/0228000f.htm. dead. 6 February 2013. 1 February 2013. The Hindu. 28 October 2000.
  5. Web site: Rai (Retd). Cmde Ranji. Indian Navy's Aircraft Carriers and other Programmes. India Strategic. 1 February 2013.
  6. News: Indian warships wind up Shanghai visit. 14 November 2003. People's Daily. 15 July 2011.
  7. News: India-Singapore naval exercises begin today. 3 April 2010. The Hindu. 15 July 2011.
  8. Web site: Operational Deployment of Eastern Fleet 2011. Past Deployments. Indian Navy. 1 February 2013. 8 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160808115243/http://www.indiannavy.gov.in/node/1424. dead.
  9. Book: Saunders . Stephan . Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016 . Jane's Information Group . 2015 . 978-0710631435. 161.
  10. Book: Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World . 978-1-59114-954-5 . Eric Wertheim . 16 . Naval Institute Press . 2013 . 134.
  11. Wertheim, Naval Institute Guide, 301.
  12. Wertheim, Naval Institute Guide, 132.