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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 carriers INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya.




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). INS Jyoti visited Shanghai in 2003, and participated in exercises by the Indian and Singapore navies in 2010.
Qinghaihu was laid down in January 1989 at the Kherson Shipyard as Vladimir Peregudov. In 1992, China bought the incomplete ship from Ukraine for $10 million. 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.




Ships of the class






See also


Deepak-class fleet tanker
Aditya-class auxiliary ship
HSL-class fleet support ship




References






External links


INS Jyoti refueling two frigates at sea during SIMBEX 2011
INS Jyoti in Exercise Malabar|Malabar 2011

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Komandarm Fedko-class oiler
• Replenishment oiler
• Type 903 replenishment ship
• Deepak-class fleet tanker
• Aditya-class auxiliary ship
• Chinese replenishment ship Qinghaihu
• Deepak-class oiler
• Ambika-class replenishment ship
• Saryu-class patrol vessel
• Brahmaputra-class frigate