INS Guldar

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

INS Guldar (second ship from top)
History
Name	INS Guldar
Namesake	Leopard[1]
Builder	Gdańsk Shipyard Stocznia Gdynia
Commissioned	December 1985
Decommissioned	12 January 2024
Identification	Pennant number: L21
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class & type	Kumbhir-class landing ship
Displacement	1120 tons (standard)
Length	83.9 m [2]
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 & processing systems	SRN 7453 radar
Armament	2 × AK-230 30mm guns 2 × WM18A rocket launcher MANPADs.
Aircraft carried	1 HAL Chetak

History

Built at the Gdańsk Shipyard in Poland, INS Guldar was commissioned in December 1985. After over 38 years of service, the ship was decommissioned on 12 January 2024.^[3] The ship is planned to be sunk off the coast Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra and be used for scuba diving and tourism.^[4]