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Last edited June 4, 2022

History
India
Name: INS Akshay
Commissioned: 10 December 1990
Decommissioned: 3 June 2022
Status: Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type: Abhay class corvette
Displacement: 485 tons full load
Length: 56.0 m (183.7 ft)
Beam: 10.2 m (33 ft)
Draft: 3.3 m (11 ft)
Propulsion: 2 diesel motors with 16,184 hp and 2 shafts (Another report says 4 engines)
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h), (32 knots according to Jane's)
Range: 2,400 mi (3,900 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 97 (incl. 7 officers), (Jane's lists 32, with 6 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • 1 Ɨ MR 352 Pozitiv-E search radar
  • 1 Ɨ Pechora navigation radar
  • 1 Ɨ Rat Tail VDS sonar
Armament:
  • 1 Ɨ quad Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM
  • 1 Ɨ AK-76/60 76mm gun
  • 4 Ɨ 533mm torpedo tubes, SET-65E anti-submarine torpedoes
  • 2 Ɨ RBU 1200 five-tubed

INS Akshay (P35) is an Abhay class corvette, was in service with the Indian Navy from 10 December 1990 and decommissoned on 3 June 2022.[1][2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 4 August 2004.
  2. ↑ INS Akshay, INS Nishank decommissioned after 32 years