INS Nirdeshak (J19)
| History | |
|---|---|
| India | |
| Name | INS Nirdeshak |
| Builder | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers |
| Launched | 16 November 1978 |
| Commissioned | 4 October 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 19 December 2014 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sandhayak-class survey ship |
| Displacement | 1,929 long tons (1,960 t) full |
| Length | 87.8 m (288 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | |
| Complement | 18 officers + 160 enlisted |
| Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × HAL Chetak helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Helipad |
INS Nirdeshak (J19) (Hindi: निर्देशक lit. director) was the sixth ship of the Sandhayak class of the Indian Navy. The ship operated as a hydrographic survey ship in the Indian Navy, under the Eastern Naval Command. Nirdeshak was equipped to prepare a variety of marine charts and maps for ECDIS system. The ship's secondary role was to conduct humanitarian aid and disaster management operations, wherein the ship could be converted into a hospital ship. The ship was also equipped with an operating theater and associated equipment needed to attend to medical emergencies at sea.