INS Sandhayak

INS Sandhayak (J18) was the lead ship of the Sandhayak class of survey ships. The ship operates as a hydrographic survey ship in the Indian Navy, under the Eastern Naval Command. Apart from a helicopter and Bofors 40 mm gun for self defence, the ship is also equipped with four survey motor boats, two small boats. The ship can also analyse the level of pollution, sea level at various places, sea bed and marine wealth. Sandhayak is capable of conducting shallow coastal and deep oceanic hydrographic survey and collect oceanographic and geophysical data. The ship was decommissioned on 4 June 2021 after 40 years in service.

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1981  Wikimedia, Wikidata
length 85.76 metre, 
Sandhayak-class survey ship, survey vessel, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Indian Navy, 

• Global Integrated Shipping Information System page^@
• IMO number page^@
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1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

1981 INS Sandhayak

1977-04-06T00:00:00Z

1977-04-06T00:00:00Z

ship launching

2021-06-04T00:00:00Z

2021-06-04T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

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Frameless

INS Sandhayak (J-18)

INS Sandhayak (J-18) at sea

INS Sandhayak (J-18) at sea

INS Sandhayak (J-18) at sea

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Global Integrated Shipping Information System page@		Wikidata
link	page		IMO number page@		Wikidata
commons	image		INS Sandhayak (J-18)		Commons
commons	image		INS Sandhayak (J-18) at sea		Commons
commons	image		INS Sandhayak (J-18) at sea		Commons
commons	image		INS Sandhayak (J-18) at sea		Commons