INS Kirch (P62)
_and_fleet_tanker_INS_Jyoti_(A58)_of_the_Indian_Navy_with_a_frigate_of_the_Singaporean_Navy_during_SIMBEX_2011_in_the_South_China_Sea.jpg) INS Kirch (left) during SIMBEX 2011 | |
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| Name: | INS Kirch |
| Builder: | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
| Laid down: | 31 January 1992 |
| Launched: | 5 October 1995 |
| Commissioned: | 22 January 2001 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: P62 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2016 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Kora-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 Kirch is a Kora-class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy.[1]
Service history
Further information: INS Jyoti (A58) § 2011
References
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