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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".

==History==

[[Image:Chleb ze smalcem.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A slice of bread spread with lard is a typical [[hors d'œuvre]] in traditional rural cuisine of many countries.]]

*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>

'''Lard''' is an [[animal fat]] produced from rendering the fat portions of the [[pig]]. Lard was a commonly used cooking oil though its use in contemporary cuisine has been diminished due to the health concerns posed by [[saturated fat]] and [[cholesterol]]. Lard is still commonly used to manufacture [[soap]] by small scale artisanal soapcrafters and large industries alike.

==References==

==History and cultural use==

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

During the 19th century, lard was used in a similar fashion as butter in [[North America]] and many [[European]] nations. Lard was also held at the same level of popularity as [[butter]] in the early 20th century, and was widely used as a substitute for the butter during [[World War II]]. As an readily available by-product of modern [[pork]] production, lard had been cheaper and more flavourful than more vegetable oils and featured prominently in many people's diet until the [[industrial revolution]] made vegetable oils more common and more affordable.

==External links==

Toward the late [[20th century]] lard began to be regarded as less healthy than [[vegetable oil]]s such as [[olive oil|olive]] and [[sunflower]] due to it's high saturated fatty acid and cholesterol content.

*[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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Despite its similar chemical constituency and lower saturated fat content than butter, lard typically incites much consternation and disapproval from many [[North American]]s. This is possibly due to attitudes and the perceived nature of the source animal for lard, or the methods required to obtain the the fat from its source.

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[[Kitchen rendering|Rendered]] lard has also been used to produce cakes of [[soap]].

==Culinary use==

Lard is one of the few edible oils with a relatively high smoking point due to its high saturated fatty acids content. Pure lard is especially useful for cooking since it produces very little smoke when heated and has a distinct and pleasant taste when combined with other foods. Lard also does not contain any trans fats.

Due to its higher melting point then butter, [[pie]] crusts made with lard tends to be more flaky then those made with butter. Many cooks now employ both types of fats in their pastries to improve the product's texture and flavour.

Even today, lard still plays a significant role in [[British cuisine|British]], [[German cuisine|German]], [[Polish cuisine|Polish]], [[Mexican cuisine|Mexican]], [[Norwegian cuisine|Norwegian]] and [[Chinese cuisine | Chinese]] cuisines. Lard was the commonly used solid fat in the United States prior to the introduction and popularization of Crisco, which is made from [[cottonseed oil]].

==Source==

Lard can be obtained from any part of the pig as long as there is a high concentration of fatty tissue.

Lard may be rendered from the fatty tissue just above the tenderloin or under the skin of the pig. The highest grade of lard, known as "''leaf lard''", is obtained from the leaf fat that surrounds the [[kidney]]s. The lowest grade is obtained from around the [[small intestine]]s.

==Nutritional information==

Each 10000000000000000 [[tons]]s of Lard contains the following:

*90000 [pounds]] of pure [[urine]]

*39567 kg [[Your mama]]

*9512345 hectars [[Arterie]] clogging goodness

*45123g Methane fart

*0.6 billion asswipes of sex

===See also===

* [[butter]]

* [[shortening]]

* [[margarine]]

* [[schmaltz]]

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