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| Ship name = INS ''Kavaratti''
| Ship namesake = [[Kavaratti]]
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| Ship builder = [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers]]
| Ship laid down = 20 January 2012
| Ship launched = 19 May 2015
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| Ship commissioned = 22 October 2020<ref name="kav_commission"/>
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| Ship class = [[Kamorta-class corvette|''Kamorta''-class corvette]]
| Ship displacement = 3,300 tons
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| Ship beam = {{convert|12.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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| Ship propulsion = *4 × Pielstick 12 PA6 STC Diesel engines
*[[CODAD]], [[DCNS (company)|DCNS]] raft mounted gearbox
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| Ship range = {{convert|3450|mi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|18|kn|km/h}}
| Ship complement = 123 (incl 17 officers)<ref>{{cite book|title=Aero India|url=https://aeroindia.gov.in/assets/pdf/Export%20Book%20_Final.pdf|at=pp.42}}</ref>
| Ship sensors = *[[Central acquisition radar (3D-CAR)|Revati Central Acquisition Radar]]
*EL/M-2221 STGR fire-control radar
*[[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] Shikari
*[[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] RAWL02 (Signaal LW08) antenna communication grid - Gigabit Ethernet-based integrated ship borne data network, with a fiber optic cable backbone running through the vessel
*[[Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory|NPOL]] HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)
*Bomber Electronic warfare (EW) suites - [[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] Ajanta
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* CMS-28 combat management system<ref name="jni-22jul14">{{cite news|last1=Rahmat|first1=Ridzwan|last2=Hardy|first2=James|title=Indian Navy takes delivery of first anti-submarine corvette|url=http://www.janes.com/article/41112/indian-navy-takes-delivery-of-first-anti-submarine-corvette|work=IHS Jane's Navy International|date=22 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902020104/http://www.janes.com/article/41112/indian-navy-takes-delivery-of-first-anti-submarine-corvette|archive-date=2 September 2014}}</ref>
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**1 X 76.2 mm [[Oto Melara|Oto]] Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM)
**2 x [[AK-630M]] [[CIWS]]
*To be outfitted with [[VL-SRSAM]]
*'''Anti-submarine warfare:'''
**2 X [[RBU-6000]] (IRL) anti-submarine rocket launcher
**2x4 Torpedo tubes<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Navy commissions fourth and final Kamorta-class corvette|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/indian-navy-commissions-fourth-and-final-kamorta-class-corvette|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Janes.com|language=en}}</ref>
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| Ship aircraft = 1 [[Westland Sea King]] Mk.42B or [[HAL Dhruv]]
| Ship aircraft facilities = Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door<ref name="toi-16oct17">{{cite news|last1=Gupta|first1=Jayanta|title=INS Kiltan commissioned to Navy by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ins-kiltan-commissioned-to-navy-by-defence-minister-nirmala-sitharaman/articleshow/61103387.cms|work=The Times of India|date=16 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221213511/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ins-kiltan-commissioned-to-navy-by-defence-minister-nirmala-sitharaman/articleshow/61103387.cms|archive-date=21 February 2018}}</ref>
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'''INS ''Kavaratti'' (P31)''' is an [[anti-submarine warfare]] [[corvette]] of the [[Indian Navy]] built under [[Project 28 Anti-Submarine Warfare corvette|Project 28]]. It is the last of four [[Kamorta-class corvette|''Kamorta''-class corvette]]s under various stages of induction with the Indian Navy, other three kamorta-class corvette are [[INS Kamorta]], [[INS Kadmatt]] and [[INS Kiltan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Affairs 22 October 2020|url=https://pendulumedu.com/current-affairs/daily-current-affairs-22-october-2020|website=PendulumEdu|publisher=PendulumEdu|accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> The ship was built by the [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers]], [[Kolkata]], and launched on 19 May 2015. ''Kavaratti'' represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts at [[indigenisation]] with as much as 90% of its content drawn from [[India]] itself.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/anti-submarine-warfare-ship-kavaratti-launched-kolkata-633002|title=Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship Kavaratti Launched in Kolkata}}</ref> It was commissioned into the [[Indian Navy|Navy]] on 22 October 2020 in [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indigenous stealth warship INS Kavaratti commissioned into Indian Navy by Army Chief at Visakhapatnam dockyard|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/ins-kavaratti-commissioning-into-indian-navy-today/670957|access-date=2020-10-22|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=OdAdmin|date=2020-10-21|title=Indigenously built ASW Corvette ‘Kavaratti’ to be Commissioned at Visakhapatnam|url=https://orissadiary.com/indigenously-built-asw-corvette-kavaratti-to-be-commissioned-at-visakhapatnam/|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Odisha Breaking News {{!}} Odisha News {{!}} Latest Odisha News{{!}} Odisha Diary|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Army chief to commission four indigenously built INS Kavaratti tomorrow|url=https://www.sify.com/news/army-chief-to-commission-four-indigenously-built-ins-kavaratti-tomorrow-news-national-ukvrajheaifch.html|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Sify|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-22|title=INS Kavaratti to be commissioned into Indian Navy today: All you need to know about warship|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ins-kavaratti-to-be-commissioned-into-indian-navy-today-all-you-need-to-know-about-warship/story-PPT1V7rc5jElyG9DboIzgP.html|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
The [[keel]] of ''Kavaratti'' was laid on 20 January 2012 and it was launched in Kolkata on 19 May 2015. The ship cost an estimated {{INR}}1,700 [[crore]]s.<ref>{{cite news|title=INS Kavaratti launched in Kolkata|url = https://in.news.yahoo.com/ins-kavaratti-launched-kolkata-144000762.html}}</ref> The ship takes its name from the [[Kavaratti]], capital of the [[Union Territory]] of [[Lakshadweep]] in India.<ref name="et">{{cite news|title=INS Kavaratti: Anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvette launched|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/INS-Kavaratti-Anti-submarine-warfare-class-stealth-corvette-launched/articleshow/47341938.cms|work=The Economic Times|date=19 May 2015}}</ref> It is the successor ship to the {{INS|Kavaratti|P80|6}}, which was an [[Arnala-class corvette|''Arnala''-class corvette]] which participated in [[Operation Trident (1971)|Operation Trident]], and was later decommissioned in 1986.

[[File:INS Kavaratti during trials.jpg|thumb|left|INS Kavaratti during sea trials]]

== Design ==
''Kavaratti'' has been designed by the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design as part of [[Kamorta-class corvette|Project 28]]. It is capable of fighting under [[Nuclear, biological and chemical protection|nuclear, biological and chemical]] environments. It will be a frontline warship of the Indian Navy with advanced [[Stealth ship|stealth features]] and a low [[radar signature]] that enhances its anti-submarine warfare capability. The ship will have a complement of 17 officers and 106 sailors.

== Features ==
''Kavaratti'' is India's one of the first ship to have a [[superstructure]] of [[carbon fibre composite]] material that has been integrated with its main [[hull (watercraft)|hull]] resulting in lower top weight and maintenance costs and improved stealth features. The ship is 109 metres long and 12.8 metres broad and is highly maneuverable with a top speed of 25 [[Knot (unit)|knots]]. It has a [[Displacement (ship)|displacement]] of 3,300 tonnes and a range of about 3,450 nautical miles at 18 knots. It is powered by 4 [[diesel engines]] that generate a combined power of 3000 kW and propelled by a main unit of four 3,888 kW diesel engines at 1,050 [[Revolutions per minute|rpm]].<ref name="et"/>

''Kavaratti'' is to be armed with a range of indigenously developed cutting-edge weapons and sensors, including "a medium-range gun, [[Torpedo tube|torpedo tube launchers]], [[rocket launchers]] and a [[close-in weapon system]]". The ship will also contain an integrated communication system and an [[Electronic warfare support measures|electronic warfare system]].

==Construction and Operations==
{{INS|Kavaratti}} has completed sea trials and delivered to [[Indian Navy]] on 18 February 2020. The ship was commissioned into the [[Indian Navy|Navy]] by [[Indian Army]] [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|COAS]] [[General (India)|General]] [[Manoj Mukund Naravane]] on 22 October 2020.<ref name="kav_commission">{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1666543|title= Indigenously built ASW Corvette ‘Kavaratti’ to be Commissioned at Visakhapatnam|publisher=PIB India|date=21 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="kavdelivery">{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/grse-delivers-4th-antisubmarine-warfare-corvette-to-navy/1737788|title=GRSE delivers 4th anti-submarine warfare corvette to Navy|accessdate=18 February 2020}}</ref>

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