INS Kirpan (P44)

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For other ships with the same name, see INS Kirpan.

INS Kirpan (P44) entering Cam Ranh International Port, Vietnam.jpg
Kirpan (P44) entering Cam Ranh International Port, Vietnam


Name: INS Kirpan
Namesake: Ceremonial dagger worn by Sikhs
Builder: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down: 15 November 1985
Launched: 16 August 1988
Commissioned: 12 January 1991
Decommissioned: Soon
Identification: Pennant number: P44
Status: On its way to Vietnam, to be formally decommissioned from the Indian Navy and handed over to the Vietnam People's Navy
Badge: INS Kirpan crest
History
Vietnam
Acquired: 29 June 2023
Status: Being transferred
General characteristics
Class and type: -class corvette
Displacement: 1350 tons (full load)
Length: 91.1 metres
Beam: 10.5 metres
Draught: 4.5 metres
Propulsion:
  • 2 diesel engines with 14,400hp
  • 2 shafts
Speed: 25 knots (50 km/h)
Range: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 79 (incl. 10 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar
  • Garpun-Bal radar
  • Bharat 1245 navigation radar
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 helicopter (HAL Chetak)

INS Kirpan is the name of a -class corvette commissioned by the Indian Navy.[1] It is the first active warship that India has ever gifted to another country, it is on its way to be transferred to the Vietnam People's Navy, which will use it in the future with a new identification. The warship was gifted to Vietnam after a visit by Vietnam's Defence Minister Gen Phan Van Giang in June, 2023.[2] It is another in a long list of warships gifted by India to other countries. The indigenously built missile corvette INS Kirpan entered Cam Ranh International Port on July 8. after sailing out of Visakhapatnam on 29 June, 2023 [3] and will be officially handed over to Vietnamese People’s Navy by month end.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Navy Gifts Active Warship To Vietnam, First By India To Any Country".
  2. ↑ "In a first, India gifts active warship INS Kirpan to Vietnam".
  3. ↑ "INS Kirpan sets sail from Visakhapatnam to Vietnam".
  4. ↑ "NINS Kirpan reaches Vietnam".



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