Misplaced Pages

National Hospital Ship

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from National Hospital Ship (NHS)) Planned hospital ship for the Indian Navy

Class overview
NameNational Hospital Ship class
Operators Indian Navy
Cost2,000 crore (equivalent to ₹21 billion or US$250 million in 2023) per unit (FY 2022)
Planned1
General characteristics
TypeNational Hospital Ship
Displacement17,000 t (17,000 long tons; 19,000 short tons)
Length175 m (574 ft 2 in)
Beam25 m (82 ft 0 in)
PropulsionTwin engines
Range7500 nmi
Complement600 including 250 patients
Crew125 including 10 officers
Sensors and
processing systems
Navigation radar
Aircraft carried1 × HAL Dhruv MKiii

NHS is a planned Hospital Ship for the Indian Navy. Under this programme the Indian Navy intends to acquire one ship. Ship under this class will feature advanced medical facilities with a capacity of 250 Beds.

References

  1. "REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ONE NATIONAL HOSPITAL SHIP (NHS) FOR INDIAN NAVY" (PDF). Official Website of the Indian Navy. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. "Navy issues RFI to get 250-bed hospital ship in the high seas". The Indian Express. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. "National Hospital Ship and India's Maritime Security Strategy | Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses".
Categories: