- Deepak class fleet tanker
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Class overview Builders: Fincantieri Operators: 
Indian NavyPreceded by: Aditya class Built: 2 Planned: 2 Completed: 2 Active: 2 General characteristics Type: Replenishment Fleet Tanker Displacement: 27,500 tons full load Length: 175 m Beam: 25 m Draught: 19 m Propulsion: 1 10,000 kw diesel engine Speed: 20 knots Range: 12,000 miles @ 15 knots Complement: 248[1] Armament: AK-630 Aviation facilities: Flight Deck for operating Seaking and Chetak helicopters Motto: 'Anything Anywhere' ( INS Deepak) The Deepak class is a class of fleet replenishment tankers of the Indian Navy being built by Fincantieri. Two ships were ordered and the first one joined the fleet on 21 January 2011, while the second one is scheduled to join the fleet by mid-2011.[2]
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INS Deepak construction programme by Muggiano Shipyard of Fincantieri, involved three different shipyards of Fincantieri, Italy, using state-of-the-art ship construction methods and concepts with extensive parallelism and concurrent engineering to deliver the ship, in a challenging time frame of two years. The ship is in double hull configuration which provides greater safety against accidental oil spillages in accordance with latest MARPOL regulations. Fincantieri announced in Oct 2008 that it won an order to build a fleet tanker, with an option for another, against competitive bidding from leading international players, especially from Russia and Korea. The contract, worth about 139M Euro includes a second vessel under an option clause which was signed in March 2009. According to an interview published in Defenseworld.net in May 2009, senior BEL executives stated that as part of the offsets for the first fleet tanker, Fincantieri, in 2008, placed an order worth 14.3M euros for the supply of Composite Communication System, Versatile Communication System, ESM System, Electric Opto Fire Control System and their integration on board the fleet tanker. BEL will implement this order in 2009. BEL also expects a follow on order in FY 2009-2010 for the second fleet tanker On 12 February 2010 the first ship of the class INS Deepak was launched. The CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) reported that substandard steel was choose which helped Fincantieri to bag the contract quoting lower cost.[3]
On 21 January 2011, INS Deepak was commissioned in a ceremony at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai by the Defence Minister of India.[4]
Ships of the class
Name Pennant Launched Commissioned Status INS Deepak (A50) 12 February 2010 21 January 2011[5] Commissioned INS Shakti (A57)[6] 11 October 2010 1 October 2011 Commissioned References
- ^ Bharat-Rakshak.com Fleet Tanker
- ^ {{cite web INS Deepak construction programme by Muggiano Shipyard of Fincantieri, involved three different shipyards of Fincantieri, Italy, using state-of-the-art ship construction methods and concepts with extensive parallelism and concurrent engineering to deliver the ship, in a challenging time frame of two years. The ship is in double hull configuration which provides greater safety against accidental oil spillages in accordance with latest MARPOL regulations. Fincantieri announced in Oct 2008 that it won an order to build a fleet tanker, with an option for another, against competitive bidding from leading international players, especially from Russia and Korea. The contract, worth about 139M Euro includes a second vessel under an option clause which was signed in March 2009. According to an interview published in Defenseworld.net in May 2009, senior BEL executives stated that as part of the offsets for the first fleet tanker, Fincantieri, in 2008, placed an order worth 14.3M euros for the supply of Composite Communication System, Versatile Communication System, ESM System, Electric Opto Fire Control System and their integration on board the fleet tanker. BEL will implement this order in 2009. BEL also expects a follow on order in FY 2009-2010 for the second fleet tanker |url=http://www.defpro.com/news/details/13133/ |title=First Fleet Tanker For Indian Navy Launched At Muggiano |date=12 February 2010 |accessdate=14 February 2010 }}
- ^ CAG pokes finger at inferior steel in navy tankers
- ^ Indian Navy's New Fleet Tanker Deepak Commissioned
- ^ 2 new fleet tankers to boost naval presence
- ^ Shakti for Indian Navy launched at Sestri Ponenete (Genova)
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