 INS Kirch during Milan Exercise | |
| History | |
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 India | |
| Name | INS Kirch |
| Namesake | "Sword" |
| Builder | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Mazagon Dock Limited |
| Laid down | 31 January 1992 |
| Launched | 5 October 1995 |
| Commissioned | 22 January 2001 |
| Identification | Pennant number: P62 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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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| Armament |
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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
References
- ↑ "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
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