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Chaland de transport de matériellarger figure on 0 of 3
Sandhayak-class survey ship (1981)larger figure on 3 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source23.8 m (78 ft 1 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Chaland de transport de matériel | Sandhayak-class survey ship (1981) |
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| Power | 2 × Poyaud-Wärtsilä 18V8M1 diesel engines , 331 kilowatts (444 hp) 2 propellers[source] | — |
| Operators | French Navy Djiboutian Navy Chilean Navy Ivory Coast Navy Royal Moroccan Navy Senegal Navy[source] | India[source] |
| Completed | 31[source] | |
| Active | 5 remaining with the French Navy as of 2023; others with other navies[source] | 5 |
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87.8 m (288 ft 1 in)[source]
at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Single source380 nmi (700 km; 440 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)[source]
at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Single sourceat 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Single source6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) 14,000 nmi (26,000 km; 16,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)[source]
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| Retired | 11+[source] |
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| Type | Landing craft[source] | Hydrographic survey ship[source] |
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| Capacity | 90 t (89 long tons; 99 short tons)[source] | — |
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| Troops | 200[source] | — |
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| Armament | 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns[source] | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun[source] |
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| National origin | France[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Goa Shipyard, Ltd.[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Makar class[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × HAL Chetak helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helipad[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | The Sandhayak -class survey ships are a series of eight vessels built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata and Goa Shipyard , Vasco for the Indian Navy . While Sandhayak , Investigator , Nirdeshak , Nirupak were built in GRSE; Sarveshak , Jamuna , Darshak , Sutlej were built by Goa Shipyard. The vessels equipped with four survey motorboats , two small boats and are powered by two diesel engines with a top speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). They have a helicopter deck and are also armed with a Bofors 40 mm/60 gun mount for self-defense.[source]Sandhayak-class survey ship (1981) · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The third ship in the class Nirupak was decommissioned after 38 years of service on 29 January 2024 in Visakhapatnam .[source]Sandhayak-class survey ship (1981) · Service history; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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| Country of origin | — | India[source] India[source] India[source]Inventory Origin column; table 11, row 8, cell 7; revision 1376895978; retrieved 2026-10-02 |
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| Propulsion | — | two diesel engines[source]Unspecified |
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