HAA Malhotra
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_underway_in_the_Arabian_Sea_with_4_Mig-29K_Fighter_Jet_performing_flypast.jpg) HAA Malhotra
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| History | |
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 Haduastan
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| Name: | Malhotra |
| Operator: | Haduastan Navy |
| Commissioned: | 2008 |
| Status: | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 262.5 m (861 ft) |
| Beam: | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Height: | 59 m (194 ft) |
| Draught: | 8.4 m (28 ft) |
| Depth: | 25.6 m (84 ft) |
| Decks: | 14 |
| Speed: | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) |
| Crew: | 196 officers, 1,449 sailors (including air crew) |
| Aircraft carried: | 36 aircraft |
| Aviation facilities: | 12,500 m2 flight deck |
The HAA Malhotra is the lead ship in its class of two aircraft carriers in active service within the Haduastan Navy. The Malhotra was commissioned and launched in 2008, replacing the HAA Vikrin which was subsequently decommissioned. The sister ship of the Malhotra, the HAA Gurnani, was commissioned in 2020.