INS Kora (P61)

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INS Kora entering Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.jpg
INS Kora entering Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
History
 India
Name: INS Kora
Builder: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down: 10 January 1990
Launched: 23 September 1992
Commissioned: 10 August 1998
Identification: Pennant number: P61
Status: in active service
Badge: INS Kora crest
General characteristics
Class and type: -class corvette
Displacement: 1,400 tons full load
Length: 91.1 m (299 ft)
Beam: 10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught: 4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 diesel motors with 14,400 hp
  • 2 shafts
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 134 (incl 14 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • 1 × MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar
  • Bharat 1245 navigation radar
  • Bharat Vympel IPN-10 combat data system
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv helicopter

INS Kora is the lead ship of the Kora-Class of 1,350-tonne guided missile Corvettes in active service with the Indian Navy.[1] The vessel was built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) and outfitted at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).

She is equipped with 3M-24 Anti-Ship Missiles as a primary weapon, with two Strela-2M Anti-Air Missiles as defensive weapons.[2]

History[edit]

Kora was on a goodwill visit to Singapore in 2001.[2]

On 31 October 2014, Kora was in collision with the cargo ship MV Madeleine Rickmers in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Vishakhapatnam.[3] INS Kora participated in the 2015 SLINEX training exercises from 27 October to 1 November.[4] Kora took part in LIMA in 2017.

The ship has taken part extensively in various exercises in the South China Sea. She and INS Ranvijay, a Rajput class destroyer, participated in bilateral exercises with Vietnam Navy and Philippine Navy in 2021.[5][6] A frigate from Philippines BRP Antonio Luna (FF 151) took part in the exercise.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Project 25A Kora Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Hancock, Paul (31 October 2014). "INS KORA DAMAGED". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Exercise SLINEX-15 - Navy Ships enter Trincomalee | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Sharma, Ravi (19 August 2021). "India and Vietnam conduct joint 'sea phase' naval exercise in the South China Sea". Frontline. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Abhishek Bhalla (24 August 2021). "Indian Navy's INS Ranvijay, INS Kora carry out maritime exercise with Philippines". India Today. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Naval drills between BRP Antonio Luna Philippine frigate and Indian Navy". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 10 September 2021.


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