INS Cheetah (L18)

INS Cheetah was a Kumbhir-class tank landing ship of the Indian Navy.

Cheetah at sea
History
India
Name	INS Cheetah
Namesake	Cheetah
Builder	Gdańsk Shipyard Stocznia Gdynia
Commissioned	30 November 1984
Decommissioned	12 January 2024
Identification	Pennant number: L18
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Kumbhir-class tank landing ship
Displacement	1120 tons (standard)
Length	83.9 m [1]
Beam	9.7 m
Draught	1.3 metres (extreme bow and 2.58 metres (stern)
Depth	5.2 m
Propulsion	2 x 2200 hp Soviet Kolomna 40-D two stroke diesel engines.
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	120 (incl. 12 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	SRN 7453 radar
Armament	2 × AK-230 30mm guns(absoluted)
Aircraft carried	1 HAL Chetak

History

Built at the Gdańsk Shipyard in Poland, INS Cheetah was commissioned in 30 November 1984

The ship was decommissioned on 12 January 2024.^[2]