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{{refimprove|date=August 2010}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=INS Sharabh
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= | Ship flag= | Ship name= INS Sharabh | Ship namesake= | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=*Gdańsk Shipyard | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= 27 January 1976 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= 15 July 2011 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= Pennant number: L17 | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate= | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Kumbhir|tank landing ship}} | Ship type= | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement= 1120 tons (standard) | Ship tons burthen= | Ship length= 83.9 m [1] | Ship beam= 9.7 m | Ship height= | Ship draught= 1.3 metres (extreme bow and 2.58 metres (stern) | Ship draft= | Ship depth= 5.2 m | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion= 2 x 2200 hp Soviet Kolomna 40-D two stroke diesel engines. | Ship sail plan= | Ship speed= 18 knots | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement= 120 (incl. 12 officers) | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= SRN 7453 radar | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*2 × AK-230 30mm guns- 4 × CRN-91 AA (Naval 30mm Medak)
- guns, MANPAD's.
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}} | INS Sharabh was a {{sclass-|Kumbhir|tank landing ship}} of the Indian NavyIt also regularly participated in multinational exercises like MILAN, CORPAT, SIMBEX and PASSEX. In her final year of commission the ship completed almost 100 days at sea and participated in India-Indonesian Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) at Belawan, Indonesia and the subsequent Passing Exercise (PASEX) in November 2010. In recognition to her indomitable spirit and devotion, the ship was awarded the coveted "Unit Citation" by Chief of the Naval Staff in 2003. INS Sharabh was commissioned in the Indian Navy in January 1976 at Gdynia, Poland. It was the fourth in the series of Landing Ship Tanks bought by the Indian Navy. Lieutenant Commander P C B Nair was the commissioning commanding officer of the ship and since was commanded subsequently by 28 officers in 35 years of commissioned service. The commissioning executive officer was Lt. Lalit Kumar. Commander Sanjay Kumar was the last officer to command the ship. The ship was also instrumental in apprehension of prohibited items off Tilanchang Island from Mynamarese poachers in January this year. See also- Ships of the Indian Navy
- {{sclass-|Polnocny|landing ship}}
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/landing_ships_kumbhir.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-02-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216124010/http://indiannavy.nic.in/landing_ships_kumbhir.htm |archivedate=2010-12-16 |df= }}
* http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2230907.ece{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharabh (L17)}} 1 : Kumbhir-class tank landing ships |