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#REDIRECT [[INS Chapal (K94)]]
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|image=INS Chapal (K94).jpg
|image_caption=Preserved at Rabindranath Tagore Beach.
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|country=India
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|name= INS ''Chapal''
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|commissioned= 4 November 1976
|decommissioned= 5 May 2005
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|fate= [[Museum ship]] on Rabindranath Tagore Beach, [[Karwar]]
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|class= [[Chamak class missile boat]]
|type=
|displacement= 245 tons (full load)<ref name=in-chamak>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/missile_chamak.htm |title=Surface Ships of Indian Navy |accessdate=2012-04-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619082432/http://indiannavy.nic.in/missile_chamak.htm |archivedate=2009-06-19 }}</ref>
|length= 38.6 meters
|beam= 7.6 meters
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|speed= 37+ knots
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|complement= 30
|sensors=
|armament=*4 × [[SS-N-2]]A Styx AShM
          *1 × [[SA-N-5]] SAM
          *2 × AK-230 30mm guns
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'''INS ''Chapal'' (K94)''' was a [[Chamak class missile boat]] of the [[Indian Navy]].<ref name=in-chamak/><ref name=br-osa-II>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Past/89-Osa-II-Class.html |title=Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Osa II Class |accessdate=2009-08-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209025043/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Past/89-Osa-II-Class.html |archivedate=2010-02-09 }}</ref>
 
It is now a [[museum ship]] on [[Rabindranath Tagore Beach]] in [[Karwar]], [[Karnataka]].<ref name=hindu-museum>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/16/stories/2006051606990300.htm |title=The Hindu : Karnataka News : INS Chapal towed to the shore |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108181323/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/16/stories/2006051606990300.htm |archive-date=8 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
This warship is now positioned on a special concrete platform at Rabindranath Tagore beach in Karwar city, Karnataka state, India.
 
Mannequins dressed-up as captain, sailors, doctors, etc., are there inside the Museum. Replicas of the missiles are also displayed inside the Warship Museum.
 
==References==
<references/>
 
==External links==
*[https://touristinindia.com/karwar-warship-museum-garden/ INS Chapal Warship Museum and Rock Garden at Karwar Beach]
 
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[[Category:Fast attack craft of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Museum ships in India]]
[[Category:Museums in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Karwar]]
[[Category:Education in Uttara Kannada district]]
[[Category:1976 ships]]
 
 
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Latest revision as of 13:12, 18 January 2026

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INS Chapal (K94) was a Chamak class missile boat of the Indian Navy.[1][2]

It is now a museum ship on Rabindranath Tagore Beach in Karwar, Karnataka.[3]

This warship is now positioned on a special concrete platform at Rabindranath Tagore beach in Karwar city, Karnataka state, India.

Mannequins dressed-up as captain, sailors, doctors, etc., are there inside the Museum. Replicas of the missiles are also displayed inside the Warship Museum.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named in-chamak
  2. "Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Osa II Class". Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  3. "The Hindu : Karnataka News : INS Chapal towed to the shore". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

External links[edit | edit source]

14°48′51.7″N 74°07′37.4″E / 14.814361°N 74.127056°E / 14.814361; 74.127056