Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Indian Navy ships pay a goodwill visit in Sihanoukville

INS Jyoti Replenishment Tanker
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Two armed Indian Navy Ships, the INS Jyoti and the INS Kora, made a goodwill visit in Sihanoukville on 07 April 2008, for a period of 5-day. The Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper reported that the small INS Kora measures 92-meter long, 10.5-meter wide, and 8-meter deep, and is operated by a crew of 184 sailors. The larger INS Jyoti is 179-meter long, 22-meter wide, and 8-meter deep, and is operated by a crew of 223 sailors. The report also indicated that, currently, a group of sailors from the two ships left Sihanoukville for Phnom Penh and will continue on to visit Angkor Wat. A small group of sailors will visit Sihanoukville. Following the 5-day stay in Cambodia, the two ships will sail out to the Indian Ocean, on 11 April 2008.

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