 INS Kora entering Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
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| 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) |
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| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 134 (incl 14 officers) |
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| 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]
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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 | edit source]
- ↑ "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Project 25A Kora Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ↑ Hancock, Paul (31 October 2014). "INS KORA DAMAGED". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ↑ "Exercise SLINEX-15 - Navy Ships enter Trincomalee | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ↑ Sharma, Ravi (19 August 2021). "India and Vietnam conduct joint 'sea phase' naval exercise in the South China Sea". Frontline. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ↑ Abhishek Bhalla (24 August 2021). "Indian Navy's INS Ranvijay, INS Kora carry out maritime exercise with Philippines". India Today. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ↑ "Naval drills between BRP Antonio Luna Philippine frigate and Indian Navy". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
