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The '''''Abhay''-class corvettes''' of the [[Indian Navy]] are customized variants of the [[Soviet Navy|Soviet]] {{sclass2-|Pauk|corvette|1}}s. The class is primarily intended for coastal patrol and [[anti-submarine warfare]].
The '''''Abhay''-class corvettes''' of the [[Indian Navy]] are the customised variants of the [[Soviet Navy|Soviet]] {{sclass2|Pauk|corvette|1}}s. The class was primarily intended for coastal patrol and [[anti-submarine warfare]].
 
Last ship of the class is expected to be decommissioned till 2025.
Three vessels of the class currently serve in the Indian Navy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/p-abhay.htm |title=P 33 Abhay Class |work=globalsecurity.org |date=7 July 2011 |access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref>


== Description ==
== Description ==
''Abhay'' class is modified from Pauk II class under Project 1241 PE. The ships were built at Volodarski shipyard in the former [[Soviet Union]]. ''Abhay'' class vessels are longer, have larger torpedo tubes and improved electronics when compared to the Pauk I class vessels.<ref name="jfs-0506" /> The ships in the class were named after former ''Abhay''-class seaward defence boats.<ref name="jfs-0506" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Hiranandani|first1=G. M.|title=Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990|date=2005|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=9788170622666|page=44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WxI9TlAxIQC&pg=PA44|language=en}}</ref>
''Abhay'' class is modified from Pauk II class under Project 1241 PE. The ships were built at Volodarski shipyard in the former [[Soviet Union]]. ''Abhay'' class vessels are longer, have larger [[Torpedo tube|torpedo tubes]] and improved electronics when compared to the Pauk I class vessels.<ref name="jfs-0506" /> The ships in the class were named after former ''Abhay''-class seaward defence boats.<ref name="jfs-0506" /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Hiranandani|first1=G. M.|title=Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990|date=2005|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=9788170622666|page=44|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WxI9TlAxIQC&pg=PA44|language=en}}</ref>


''Abhay'' class is to be upgraded with Abhay integrated sonar system developed by [[Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Locally made underwater sensors for Navy|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/Locally-made-underwater-sensors-for-Navy/article16644313.ece|work=The Hindu|date=17 November 2016|language=en-IN}}</ref>
''Abhay'' class is to be upgraded with Abhay integrated sonar system developed by [[Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Locally made underwater sensors for Navy|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/Locally-made-underwater-sensors-for-Navy/article16644313.ece|work=The Hindu|date=17 November 2016|language=en-IN}}</ref>
== Service History ==
INS ''Agray'' was damaged in 2004 when an [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] rocket fired from the onboard [[RBU-1200]] launcher misfired and exploded on the side of the ship.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bhatt|first1=Arunkumar|title=Damaged ship being towed to dockyard|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/08/stories/2004020803161000.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=8 February 2022}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Following the accident, the vessel was converted into a patrol vessel and a trials ship for [[electronic warfare]] systems.<ref name="jdw-30jan17"/>
The [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] cleared acquisition of 16 shallow water anti-submarine vessels to replace the ''Abhay'' class of vessels.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131226/main5.htm |title=MoD clears Navy plans to get 16 shallow-water anti-sub vessels |newspaper=The Tribune |date=26 September 2013 |access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
INS Ajay was decommissioned on 19 September, 2022 after 32 years of service in the Indian Navy.<ref name="tw-160922">{{cite tweet|number=1570624919255519234|user=IN_WNC|title=INS Ajay (P34) of 23rd Patrol Vessel Squadron, under the operational control of #FOMA, will be decommissioned at Naval Dockyard #Mumbai, on 19 Sep 22, after rendering 32 years of glorious service to the #IndianNavy.|date=2022-09-16}}</ref>


== Ships of the class ==
== Ships of the class ==
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!Status
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| {{INS|Abhay|P33|2}} || P33 || Volodarski || [[Mumbai]] || 10 March 1989<ref name="jfs-0506">{{cite book|editor1-last=Saunders|editor1-first=Stephen|editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006|date=2005|publisher=Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626924|page=320|edition=108th|chapter=India}}</ref>
| {{INS|Abhay|P33|2}} || P33 || rowspan='4'|Volodarski || rowspan='4'|[[Mumbai]] || 10 March 1989<ref name="jfs-0506">{{cite book|editor1-last=Saunders|editor1-first=Stephen|editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006|date=2005|publisher=Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626924|page=320|edition=108th|chapter=India}}</ref>
||| Active
|  
| Active
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| {{INS|Ajay|P34|2}} || P34 || Volodarski || [[Mumbai]] || 24 January 1990<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
| {{INS|Ajay|P34|2}} || P34 || 24 January 1990  
||| Active
| 19 September 2022
| Decommissioned<ref name="tw-160922"/>
|-
|-
| {{INS|Akshay|P35|2}} || P35 || Volodarski || [[Mumbai]] || 10 December 1990<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
| {{INS|Akshay|P35|2}} || P35 || 10 December 1990  
||| Active
| 3 June 2022
| Decommissioned<ref>{{cite web|title=INS Nishank and INS Akshay Decommissioned|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1831080|website=Press Information Bureau of India|date=3 June 2022|access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
| {{INS|Agray|P36|2}} || P36 || Volodarski || [[Mumbai]] || 30 January 1991<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
| {{INS|Agray|P36|2}} || P36 || 30 January 1991<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|27 January 2017|| Decommissioned<ref name="jdw-30jan17">{{cite web|last=Mazumdar|first=Mrityunjoy|url=http://www.janes.com/article/67337/indian-navy-decommissions-two-ships|title=Indian Navy decommissions two ships|work=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=30 January 2017|access-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202233428/http://www.janes.com/article/67337/indian-navy-decommissions-two-ships|archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref>
|27 January 2017|| Decommissioned<ref name="jdw-30jan17">{{cite web|last=Mazumdar|first=Mrityunjoy|url=http://www.janes.com/article/67337/indian-navy-decommissions-two-ships|title=Indian Navy decommissions two ships|work=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly|date=30 January 2017|access-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202233428/http://www.janes.com/article/67337/indian-navy-decommissions-two-ships|archive-date=2 February 2022}}</ref>
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INS ''Agray'' was damaged in 2004 when an [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] rocket fired from the onboard RBU-1200 launcher misfired and exploded on the side of the ship.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bhatt|first1=Arunkumar|title=Damaged ship being towed to dockyard|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/02/08/stories/2004020803161000.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=8 February 2004}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Following the accident, the vessel was converted into a patrol vessel and a trials ship for electronic warfare systems.<ref name="jdw-30jan17"/>
The Ministry of Defense cleared acquisition of 16 shallow water anti-submarine vessels to replace the ''Abhay'' class of vessels.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131226/main5.htm |title=MoD clears Navy plans to get 16 shallow-water anti-sub vessels |newspaper=The Tribune |date=26 September 2013 |access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 14:31, 20 December 2022


An Abhay-class corvette underway
Class overview
Name: Abhay class
Operators:  Indian Navy
Preceded by: class
Succeeded by:
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Active: 1
Retired: 3
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 485 short tons (440 t)[1]
Length: 58.5 m (192 ft)[1]
Beam: 10.2 m (33 ft)[1]
Draught: 3.4 m (11 ft)[1]
Propulsion: 2 × Type M 521 diesel engines (16,184 PS, 11,903 kW)[1]
Speed: 28 kn (52 km/h)[1]
Range: 2,400 nmi (4,400 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)[1]
Complement: 32 (includes 6 officers)[1]
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 2 × PK 16 chaff launchers[2]
Armament:
  • 1 × quad Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM
  • 1 × 76 mm AK-176 gun[2]
  • 1 × 30 mm AK-630 gun
  • 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes, SET-65E anti-submarine torpedoes
  • 2 × RBU-1200 five-tubed anti-submarine rocket launcher[1]

The Abhay-class corvettes of the Indian Navy are the customised variants of the Soviet -class corvettes. The class was primarily intended for coastal patrol and anti-submarine warfare. Last ship of the class is expected to be decommissioned till 2025.

Description

Abhay class is modified from Pauk II class under Project 1241 PE. The ships were built at Volodarski shipyard in the former Soviet Union. Abhay class vessels are longer, have larger torpedo tubes and improved electronics when compared to the Pauk I class vessels.[1] The ships in the class were named after former Abhay-class seaward defence boats.[1][3]

Abhay class is to be upgraded with Abhay integrated sonar system developed by Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory.[4]

Service History

INS Agray was damaged in 2004 when an anti-submarine rocket fired from the onboard RBU-1200 launcher misfired and exploded on the side of the ship.[5] Following the accident, the vessel was converted into a patrol vessel and a trials ship for electronic warfare systems.[6]

The Ministry of Defence cleared acquisition of 16 shallow water anti-submarine vessels to replace the Abhay class of vessels.[7]

INS Ajay was decommissioned on 19 September, 2022 after 32 years of service in the Indian Navy.[8]

Ships of the class

Name Pennant Builder Homeport Commissioned Decommissioned Status
Abhay P33 Volodarski Mumbai 10 March 1989[1] Active
Ajay P34 24 January 1990 19 September 2022 Decommissioned[8]
Akshay P35 10 December 1990 3 June 2022 Decommissioned[9]
Agray P36 30 January 1991[1] 27 January 2017 Decommissioned[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 320. ISBN 0710626924.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2008). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2008-2009 (111th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 333. ISBN 978-0710628459.
  3. ↑ Hiranandani, G. M. (2005). Transition to Eminence: The Indian Navy 1976-1990. Lancer Publishers. p. 44. ISBN 9788170622666.
  4. ↑ "Locally made underwater sensors for Navy". The Hindu. 17 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Bhatt, Arunkumar (8 February 2022). "Damaged ship being towed to dockyard". The Hindu.[dead link]
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy (30 January 2017). "Indian Navy decommissions two ships". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2017. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2 February 2017 suggested (help)
  7. ↑ "MoD clears Navy plans to get 16 shallow-water anti-sub vessels". The Tribune. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 @IN_WNC (16 September 2022). "INS Ajay (P34) of 23rd Patrol Vessel Squadron, under the operational control of #FOMA, will be decommissioned at Naval Dockyard #Mumbai, on 19 Sep 22, after rendering 32 years of glorious service to the #IndianNavy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "INS Nishank and INS Akshay Decommissioned". Press Information Bureau of India. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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