Khukri-class corvette
INS Kuthar
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Name: | Khukri class |
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Preceded by: | class |
Succeeded by: | class |
In commission: | 1989–present |
Planned: | 4 |
Completed: | 4 |
Active: | 3 |
Retired: | 1 |
Preserved: | 1 |
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Type: | Corvette |
Displacement: | 1,423 short tons (1,291 t) (full load) |
Length: | 91.1 m (299 ft) |
Beam: | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
Draught: | 4 m (13 ft) |
Propulsion: | 2 × SEMT Pielstick/Kirloskar 18 PA6V 280 diesel engines (14,400 PS, 10,600 kW); 2 shafts |
Speed: | 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
Range: | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement: | 112 including 12 officers |
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Aircraft carried: | 1 × HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv |
The Khukri-class corvette is a class of corvettes intended to replace the ageing Petya II-class corvettes of the Indian Navy.[citation needed]
The first two were ordered in December 1983 and the remaining in 1985. Around 65% of the ship contains indigenous content.[1] The diesel engines were assembled in India, under license by Kirloskar Group.
Service history[edit]
Khukri the lead ship of the class was decommissioned after 32 years of service on 23 December 2021.[2] She has since been preserved as a museum ship in Diu, India.
Ships of the class[edit]
Name | Pennant | Builder | Homeport | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
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Khukri | P49 | Mazagon Dock Limited | Visakhapatnam | 27 September 1985 | 3 December 1986 | 23 August 1989[1] | 23 December 2021[2] | Converted into a Museum at Diu |
Kuthar | P46 | 13 September 1986 | 15 April 1989 | 7 June 1990[1] | Active | |||
Kirpan | P44 | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers | 15 November 1985 | 16 August 1988 | 12 January 1991[1] | |||
Khanjar | P47 | 15 November 1985 | 16 August 1988 | 22 October 1991[1] |
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 322. ISBN 0710626924.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "INS KHUKRI DECOMMISSIONED AFTER 32 YEARS OF GLORIOUS SERVICE TO THE NATION" (Press release). PIB. 24 December 2021.
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