Khukri-class corvette

	INS Kuthar
Class overview
Name:	Khukri class
Builders:	Mazagon Dock Limited; Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers;
Operators:	Indian Navy
Preceded by:	class
Succeeded by:	class
In commission:	1989–present
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Active:	3
Retired:	1
Preserved:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	1,423 short tons (1,291 t) (full load)
Length:	91.1 m (299 ft)
Beam:	10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught:	4 m (13 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × SEMT Pielstick/Kirloskar 18 PA6V 280 diesel engines (14,400 PS, 10,600 kW); 2 shafts
Speed:	24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement:	112 including 12 officers
Sensors and ; processing systems:	MR-352 (NATO: Cross Dome) E/F-band air search radar; Granit Garpun B (NATO: Plank Shave) I-band air and surface search radar; MR-123 (NATO: Bass Tilt) H/I-band fire control radar; BEL 1245 I-band navigation radar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys:	BEL Ajanta P electronic support measures; 2 × PK-16 chaff launchers; NPOL towed torpedo decoy;
Armament:	4 × P-15 Termit (NATO: SS-N-2D Mod 1 Styx) missile launchers; SA-N-5 Grail launcher for air defence missiles; 1 × AK-176 76 mm 60-cal main gun; 2 × AK-630 30 mm gun;
Aircraft carried:	1 × HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv

The Khukri-class corvette is a class of corvettes intended to replace the ageing Petya II-class corvettes of the Indian Navy.^{[citation needed]}

The first two were ordered in December 1983 and the remaining in 1985. Around 65% of the ship contains indigenous content.^[1] The diesel engines were assembled in India, under license by Kirloskar Group.

Service history[edit]

Khukri the lead ship of the class was decommissioned after 32 years of service on 23 December 2021.^[2] She has since been preserved as a museum ship in Diu, India.

Ships of the class[edit]

Name	Pennant	Builder	Homeport	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Status
Khukri	P49	Mazagon Dock Limited	Visakhapatnam	27 September 1985	3 December 1986	23 August 1989^[1]	23 December 2021^[2]	Converted into a Museum at Diu
Kuthar	P46	Mazagon Dock Limited		13 September 1986	15 April 1989	7 June 1990^[1]		Active
Kirpan	P44	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers		15 November 1985	16 August 1988	12 January 1991^[1]
Khanjar	P47	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers		15 November 1985	16 August 1988	22 October 1991^[1]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 322. ISBN 0710626924.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "INS KHUKRI DECOMMISSIONED AFTER 32 YEARS OF GLORIOUS SERVICE TO THE NATION" (Press release). PIB. 24 December 2021.

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[jfs-0506-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 322. ISBN 0710626924.

[khukri_decom-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "INS KHUKRI DECOMMISSIONED AFTER 32 YEARS OF GLORIOUS SERVICE TO THE NATION" (Press release). PIB. 24 December 2021.

[3] Renamed as INS Bombay post republic.

[4] Renamed as INS Bengal post republic.

[5] Renamed as INS Madras post republic.

[6] Classified as Anti-Submarine Naval Trawlers

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