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INS Mahish sailing through Indian Ocean.
Class overview
Name	Kumbhir class
Operators	Indian Navy
Preceded by	Gharial class (Polnocny-A)
Succeeded by	Magar class
In service	1974 – 2024
Completed	8
Retired	8
General characteristics
Type	Tank landing ship
Displacement	1,120 tons (standard)
Length	83.9 m (275 ft)
Beam	9.7 m (32 ft)
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	40 (incl 5 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	SRN 7453 radar
Armament	2 × AK-230 30 mm guns 4 × CRN-91 AA (Naval 30 mm Medak) guns, MANPADs.
Aircraft carried	1 HAL Chetak

Kumbhir-class landing ships are medium amphibious warfare vessels of the Indian Navy.

Service history

The last of the 3 remaining ships Cheetah, Guldar and Kumbhir are slated to be decommissioned on 12 January 2024 after 40 years of service.

Ships of the class

Name	Pennant Number	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Homeport	Status
Indian Navy
Ghorpad	L14	21 December 1974	11 January 2008	Visakhapatnam	Decommissioned
Kesari	L15	15 August 1975	8 May 1999
Shardul	L16	24 December 1975	June 1997
Sharabh	L17	27 January 1976	15 July 2011
Cheetah	L18	February 1985	12 January 2024	Port Blair
Mahish	L19	4 June 1985	11 November 2016
Guldar	L21	December 1985	12 January 2024
Kumbhir	L22	November 1986

Gallery

• INS Guldar and INS Kumbhir with LCU Mk. II ships during a beaching operation.

See also

• List of active Indian Navy ships
• List of ships of the Indian Navy

References

1. Indian Naval Ships-Landing Ship Tank - Kumbhir Class Archived 2010-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
2. @AN_Command (9 January 2024). "Indian Navy Ships Cheetah, Guldar & Kumbhir are scheduled for decommissioning after 40 years of glorious service" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
3. "INS Mahish Decommissioning Ceremony". Andaman Sheekha. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

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Conventional submarines	Kalvari Vela Sindhughosh Shishumar Kalvari Project 75I
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Replenishment ship	Ambika Komandarm Fedko Aditya Deepak HSL
Tugboats	Anand Anjan Arga Balram Bahadur Bhim Gaj IRS Bhishm Madan Singh
Ferries	GSL Manoram Shalimar
Barges	Poshak Puran Vipul Modest Corporated Hooghly Sahayak GSL
Torpedo recovery	Astravahini Astradharani
Dredgers	Nikaraksha
Training	Tir ABG
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