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[[Image:Krakow Saint Florian church 20060706 1646.jpg|thumb|200px|St. Florian Church, Kraków]]

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[[Image:Plac Matejki w Krakowie 2006-06-24.jpg|thumb|200px|Matejko Square, Kleparz]]

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!align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career

!align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:Naval Ensign of India.svg|60px|none|Indian Ensign]]

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|Ordered:

|[[2003]]

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|Launched:

|[[03 April]] [[2004]]

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|Commissioned:

|[[04 January]] [[2007]]

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|Decommissioned:

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|Fate:

|Active Service

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|Struck:

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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|General Characteristics

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|Displacement:

|5600 tons - Standard

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|Length:

|124.8 metres

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|Beam:

|17.5 metres

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|Draught:

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|Propulsion:

| Kirloskar PA6 STC engines

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|Speed:

|15.8 knots

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|Range:

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|Complement:

|11 main battle tanks, 10 army vehicles and 500 troops excluding ship crew

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|Armament:

|WM-18 rocket launcher, SAM, Naval Medak gun, CRN 91 guns

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|Aircraft:

|[[HAL Dhruv]]/[[Westland Sea King|Sea King]]

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|Motto:

|''All for one, One for all''

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'''INS ''Shardul (L16)''''' is the lead ship of the [[Shardul class- Large Landing Ship Tank|Shardul class LST(L)]] of the [[Indian Navy]]. Its name means "Royal Bengal tiger".

'''The Collegiate Church of St. Florian''' ({{lang-pl|Kościół św. Floriana w Krakowie}}) stands at the northern end of the [[Jan Matejko|Matejko]] Square and the former centre of the [[mediaeval]] city of Kleparz, now a district of [[Kraków]].

==History==

The Church of St. Florian was built between [[1185]] and [[1216]]. It was consumed by fire numerous times in the [[12th century|12th]], [[16th century|16th]] and [[17th century|17th centuries]]. Notably, during the Swedish siege of Kraków, General [[Stefan Czarniecki]] ordered that the city suburbs be burned down. The present appearance of the church is the result of a [[Baroque]] rebuilding that followed the [[Polish-Swedish wars]]. Since the [[16th century]] the church has become the University [[Collegiate]]. The coronation route began there with the [[rector]] of the Senate of the university welcoming new kings. The church was also the starting point for the royal funeral processions to the [[Wawel Cathedral]].

*The first-of-the-class Landing ship tank (Large), Shardul (Royal Bengal tiger), was launched in 03 April 2004. The ship was handed over to the navy for trials on 3rd November 2006 and commissioned into the Indian Navy, on 4th January 2007 by the defence minister A.K Antony in Karwar at the [[INS Kadamba]] base. The ship was based under the Southern Naval Command in Kochi to train cadets before the commissioning of INS Kesari and INS Airavat.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/406200707172032.htm 'INS Shardul' engaged in training for naval cadets]</ref>

==References==

In [[1667]] the remains of Queen [[Ludwika Maria Gonzaga]], wife of [[Jan II Kazimierz]], were placed there temporarily, and in [[1818]] the remains of [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] were put there to rest. From [[17 September]] [[1949]] till September [[1951]] future pope [[John Paul II]], [[Karol Wojtyła]], worked there as a [[vicar]] and in [[1999]] he renamed the church as the Lesser Basilica. He also visited the church on his pilgrimage to [[Poland]] on [[18 September]] [[2002]].

#{{note|Best}}[http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/05/stories/2007010501452000.htm INS Shardul dedicated] Article in the [[Hindu]]

==External links==

:Legend has it, that in [[1184]] oxen carrying the remains of [[St. Florian]], the [[patron saint]] of [[Poland]], came to a halt at a place where the church stands now. The relics miraculously grew too heavy to be taken any further into the city and remained in Kleparz till it was decided for the church to be built at that exact spot. [http://www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk/www/Krakow1.html]

*[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Shardul.html Shardul class @ Bharat-rakshak.com]

*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/l-shardul.htm LST(L) Shardul @ Global security.com]

[[Category:Indian Navy ships|Shardul]]

[[Category:Shardul class LST(L)| ]]

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According to [[Wikitravel]] Kleparz was founded by [[Casimir the Great]] in [[1366]] as a town of its own, around St. Florian Church. It was also called Florencja or in Latin, Clepardia. [http://wikitravel.org/en/Krakow/Kleparz]

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==Selected reference==

*[http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2787983-ko_347_cio_322_346w_floriana_st_florian_church_krakow-i St. Florian Church at travel.yahoo.com]

*[http://www.krakow4u.pl/eng_index.php?parametr=koscioly/florian/eng_florian St. Florian Church at krakow4u.pl]

==See also==

{{commonscat|Church of St. Florian in Kraków}}

*[http://wikitravel.org/en/Krakow/Kleparz Collegiate Church of St. Florian at wikitravel.org]

*[http://www.toptravelservice.pl/?strona,doc,pol,english,18,0,62,1,18,ant.html&PHPSESSID=add2098e0562c720704eea1322dc18da ''Traces of Pope John Paul II: St. Florian Church'', at toptravelservice.pl]

*[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=149 Catholic Online article about St. Florian]

*[[St. Florian Church, Hamtramck]]

[[Category:Churches in Poland]]

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kraków]]

[[Category:Baroque architecture]]

[[pl:Kościół św. Floriana w Krakowie]]