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David Chotjewitz was born [[1964]] in [[Berlin]]. He is a German writer and theater director in Hamburg.

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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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|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".

David Chotjewitz is the second son of the writer Peter O. Chotjewitz and the translator Renate Chotjewitz Häfner. In [[1967]], the family moved to Rome, where Chotjewitz grew up until [[1973]]. He went to the Italian primary school and later the German school of Rome. In 1973, he moved with his parents and brother to the small north Hessian village Kruspis.

from 1973 to 1981, he went to school in Bad Hersfeld.

==History==

He starting training as a publisher and bookseller in [[1982]], first in Munich, then in the Rowohlt publishing house, Reinbek.In [[1983]], he married. His daughter, Sarah, was born the same year.

*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 the 1990's, Chotjewitz worked at theater companies in Hamburg and as an assistent director at the Schauspielhaus Hamburg as well as at the Burgtheater in Vienna

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

From [[1992]] to [[1994]], he studied with the Javanese dancer and performance teacher Suprapto Suryodarmo. In the following years, he co-operated with the Healing Theater in Cologne and the Julia Pascal Company in London. In [[1994]], his novel about Albert Einstein, “The Adventure of Thinking”, was published.

His award-winning novel "[[Daniel Half Human]]" was published also in the USA by Simon and Shuster. His novel "Crazy Diamond", about the death of a young pop-star will follow in 2008.

In [[1999]], Chotjewitz presented his first theatre work (adapting a short-story of Kenzaburo Oe). In 2000, he founded the youth theatre project “Theater: Playstation”, which staged projects like “BLOOD on the DANCEFLOOR” (in a Techno Disco) and “POPSTAR MUST DIE” in co-operation with Kampnagel Hamburg. A new project, "MINISTRY for FAVORITE SONGS" will premiere in summer 2007.

Chotjewitz has received such awards as the literature prize of the city Hamburg in [[1996]], and the scholarship Stuttgarter Schriftstellerhaus in 2006. "[[Daniel Half Human]]" received in the USA, among others, a Mildred L. Batchelder Award (Honor Book).

==External links==

*[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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* [http://www.theaterplaystation.de Official Web Site with some english pages]

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* [http://www.new-books-in-german.com/aut2000/book26a.htm English Text about Daniel Half Human]

* [http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=367035 Simon and Shuster]

* [http://www.carlsen.de/lehrer.autor/?autor=author.chotjewitz Carlsen publisher german website]

* [http://www.buecherhallen.de/kinder/next-brown.cfm?gid=1651&name=David%20Chotjewitz Autobiographical Text about his childhood in Rome and Hessen]

* [http://www.carlsen.de/rights.books.author/?autor=author.chotjewitz Carlsen english website]

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[[Category:German theatre directors]]

[[Category:German dramatists and playwrights]]

[[Category:German novelists]]

[[Category:German publishers (people)]]

[[Category:1964 births]]

[[Category:Living people]]