INS Kirpan (P44)

History


Name:	INS Kirpan
Builder:	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down:	15 November 1985
Launched:	16 August 1988
Commissioned:	12 January 1991
Identification:	Pennant number: P44
Status:	in active service, as of 2016
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General characteristics
Class & type:	Khukri-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:	4 × P-20M (SS-N-2D) AShMs 2 × Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM 1 × AK–176 76mm gun 2 × 30mm AK-630 guns
Aircraft carried:	1 helicopter (HAL Chetak)

INS Kirpan is a Khukri-class corvette, currently in service with the Indian Navy.

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