Lakshadweep Class
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 INS Lakshadweep
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Hindustan Shipyard, Visakhapatnam, India |
| Operators: |
 India |
| Active: | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Hospital ship |
| Displacement: | 3,262 long tons (3,314 t) full |
| Length: | 88.8 m (291 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 15.5 m (50 ft 10 in) |
| Draft: | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Speed: | 14.2 knots (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph) |
Lakshadweep Class is a class of dedicated hospital ship of the Indian Navy. INS Lakshadweep is the only ship in the class.
INS Lakshadweep[edit]
INS Lakshadweep (IMO number: 9448102) is an Indian Navy hospital ship whose home port is Kochi (also known as Cochin), on the south-west coast of India. Originally built as passenger ship in 2010, the ship was converted into hospital ship.[1]
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The Indian Navy's Sandhayak-class survey ships and Shardul-class tank landing ships can be converted to hospital ships during an emergency.[2][3]
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