INS Kadmatt (P29)

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INS Kadmatt of Indian Navy at Langkawi, Malaysia to Participate in LIMA-19.jpg
INS Kadmatt at Langkawi, Malaysia in LIMA 2019
History
India
Name: INS Kadmatt
Namesake: Kadmat Island
Builder: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Launched: 25 October 2011
Acquired: 26 November 2015
Commissioned: 7 January 2016
Identification:
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Kamorta class corvette
Displacement: 3,000 t (3,300 short tons)
Length: 109 m (358 ft)
Beam: 12.8 m (42 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 4 × Pielstick 12 PA6 STC Diesel engines
  • CODAD, DCNS raft mounted gearbox
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 123 (17 officers)[1]
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Revati Central Acquisition Radar
  • EL/M-2221 STGR fire-control radar
  • BEL Shikari
  • 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
  • NPOL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)
  • Bomber Electronic warfare (EW) suites – BEL Ajanta[2]
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • Sanket electronic warfare system
  • Kavach decoy launcher
  • CMS-28 combat management system[2]
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 Westland Sea King Mk.42B Or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities: Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door[4][5]

INS Kadmatt (P29) is the second of four anti-submarine warfare corvettes built for the Indian Navy by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers of Kolkata under Project 28. She was inducted into the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.

INS Kadmatt has been named after the Kadmat Island of India's Lakshadweep Islands and carries on the legacy of her predecessor INS Kadmatt (P 78), which served the Navy for 24 years from 23 December 1968 to 30 November 1992.[6]

Design and Description[edit]

The primary role of the INS Kadmatt is in anti submarine warfare – to protect ships in convoys and ports from enemy submarine attacks.[7] About 90 per cent of the ship is indigenous and has been designed by the Navy's in-house organisation, the Directorate of Naval Design and has been constructed using high grade steel (DMR 249A) produced in India.[8]

It produces low levels of radiated underwater noise which reduces its chances of detection. It is equipped with a host of features including anti-aircraft guns, torpedoes and rocket launchers. The ship also has on-board early warning, navigation and fire control radars besides underwater sensors and integrated communication and electronic warfare systems.[9][10][11]

The ASW-focused combat system includes four heavyweight torpedo tube launchers and a pair of 12-barreled RBU6000 rocket depth-charge launchers featuring several design improvements incorporated by Larsen & Toubro. It is not known if the locally developed Mareech anti-torpedo decoy system has been installed. The fire-control system is the Bharat Electronics IAC Mod C system. While the ships are fitted with a Humsa-NG bow-mounted sonar, an Atlas Elektronik towed array sonar set will be fitted in due course. The ship will also to be fitted with vertical launch surface-to-air missiles.[11]

Kadmatt has a low radio, acoustic, magnetic and Infra Red(IR) signature owing to a 'X' shaped hull form, raft mounted engines and an IR suppression system. The IR suppression system reduces the heat emitted by the ship reducing the infrared signature thereby defending the ship from heat seeking missiles.[6] It will be capable of operating under nuclear, biological and chemical war theaters, acting as a highly sophisticated front line warship of the Indian Navy.[9][10]

Commissioning[edit]

The ship was delivered to the Indian Navy on 26 November 2015 and was commissioned on 7 January 2016 by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan at naval dockyard in Visakhapatnam.[6][8][12][13][14]

Armament[edit]

Kadmatt(P29) is equipped with a wide range of weapon systems. It is fitted with an OTO Melara 76 mm main gun, and uses two AK-630 guns and provision for 16-cell VLS launched Barak 1 missiles as close-in weapon system, which will be added later. In addition, 2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers and torpedo tubes capable of firing heavy weight torpedoes.[15]

The sensors of this warship include the advanced bow mounted sonar and the indigenous 3D-CAR air-surveillance radar Revathi with capability to detect targets exceeding 200 km (120 mi).[15] It is also the first warship to be equipped with the Kavach decoy system for protection against anti-ship missiles.[16][17] Like INS Kolkata, this warship is also commissioned without the critical medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) and advanced light towed array sonars (ALTAS), which is planned to be added later.[18]

Gallery[edit]

Kamorta-class ships at sea

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Aero India (PDF). pp.42.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rahmat, Ridzwan; Hardy, James (22 July 2014). "Indian Navy takes delivery of first anti-submarine corvette". IHS Jane's Navy International. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Indian Navy commissions fourth and final Kamorta-class corvette". Janes.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Gupta, Jayanta (16 October 2017). "INS Kiltan commissioned to Navy by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "'Kavaratti' – Fourth Ship of Project – 28 (Anti Submarine Warfare Corvette) Launched at GRSE, Kolkata". Press Information Bureau. 19 May 2015. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "ASW corvette INS Kadmatt to be commissioned at Vizag tomorrow". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "INS Kadmatt launched". The Hindu. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Navy chief to commission INS Kadmatt today – The Hans India". thehansindia.com. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "The Indian Navy's second Project 28 corvette, INS Kadmatt, launched in Kolkata". Bharat Rakshak. 25 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "'Kadmatt' Launched". Sainik Samachar. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "2nd Anti-Submarine Stealth Corvette 'Kadmatt' Launched For Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  12. ↑ "Indian Navy commissions second Kamorta-class ASW corvette | IHS Jane's 360". janes.com. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "INS Kadmatt commissioned at Visakhapatnam | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Chief of the Naval Staff to commission Indigenously Built ASW Corvette 'Kadmatt' | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "INS Kamorta: All you need to know about India's indigenous warship". DNA. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Navy to get first indigenous anti-submarine warship, INS Kamorta tomorrow". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "India launches first indigenous ASW corvette". India Strategic. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  18. ↑ "DRDO's failure to meet deadlines in delivering products". The Economic Times. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
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