The ''Komandarm Fedko'' class is a class of replenishment tankers operated by the

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and Chinese navies. Four ships of the ''Komandarm Fedko'' class were constructed by the Soviet Union, later Russia, of which one was bought by India, one by China and two are in commercial service. INS ''Jyoti'' (meaning "light") is the third largest ship in the Indian Navy after the

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History

was constructed by the

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of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was built to be a Project 15966M merchant tanker, but was modified and purchased by the Indian Navy, and commissioned on 20 July 1996. The ship was based at

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, where it arrived in November 2006. It is deployed as a major force multiplier in sustaining the navy's blue water operations. It can increase the range of a naval task force without tanker support from seven days and to 50 days and . INS ''Jyoti'' visited

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in 2003, and participated in exercises by the Indian and Singapore navies in 2010.

Ships of the class

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INS ''Jyoti'' refueling two frigates at sea during SIMBEX 2011INS ''Jyoti'' in Exercise Malabar, Malabar 2011
Tankers of the Indian Navy Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy Auxiliary replenishment ship classes {{India-mil-stub

History

Ships of the class

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