INS Kavaratti (P31)

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INS Kavaratti during trials.
History
NameINS Kavaratti
NamesakeKavaratti
Builder
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down20 January 2012
Launched19 May 2015
Acquired18 February 2020[1]
Commissioned22 October 2020[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeKamorta-class corvette
Displacement3,300 tons
Length109 m (358 ft)
Beam12.8 m (42 ft)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Pielstick 12 PA6 STC Diesel engines
  • DCNS
    raft mounted gearbox
Speed25 knots (46 km/h)
Range3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement123 (incl 17 officers)[4]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Revati Central Acquisition Radar
  • EL/M-2221 STGR fire-control radar
  • BEL
    Shikari
  • BEL
    RAWL02 (Signaal LW08) antenna communication grid - Gigabit Ethernet-based integrated ship borne data network, with a fiber optic cable backbone running through the vessel
  • NPOL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)
  • Bomber Electronic warfare (EW) suites -
    BEL
    Ajanta
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Sanket electronic warfare system
  • Kavach decoy launcher
  • CMS-28 combat management system[6]
Armament
  • Anti-air weaponry:
  • To be outfitted with VL-SRSAM
  • Anti-submarine warfare:
    • 2 X RBU-6000 (IRL) anti-submarine rocket launcher
    • 2x4 Torpedo tubes[5]
Aircraft carried1 Westland Sea King Mk.42B or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilitiesRail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door[3]

INS Kavaratti (P31) is an

indigenisation with as much as 90% of its content drawn from India itself.[7] It was commissioned into the Navy on 22 October 2020 in Visakhapatnam.[8][9][10][11]

History

The

Union Territory of Lakshadweep in India.[13] It is the successor ship to the INS Kavaratti, which was an Arnala-class corvette which participated in Operation Trident
, and was later decommissioned in 1986.

INS Kavaratti during sea trials

Design

Kavaratti is India's one of the first ship to have a

diesel engines that generate a combined power of 3000 kW and propelled by a main unit of four 3,888 kW diesel engines at 1,050 rpm.[13]

Kavaratti is to be armed with a range of indigenously developed cutting-edge weapons and sensors, including "a medium-range gun,

rocket launchers and a close-in weapon system". The ship will also contain an integrated communication system and an electronic warfare system
. It has been designed by the Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval Design as part of
radar signature
that enhances its anti-submarine warfare capability. The ship will have a complement of 17 officers and 106 sailors.

Commissioning

INS Kavaratti has completed sea trials and delivered to Indian Navy on 18 February 2020. The ship was commissioned into the Navy by Indian Army COAS General Manoj Mukund Naravane on 22 October 2020.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "GRSE delivers 4th anti-submarine warfare corvette to Navy". Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Indigenously built ASW Corvette 'Kavaratti' to be Commissioned at Visakhapatnam". PIB India. 21 October 2020.
  3. ^ Gupta, Jayanta (16 October 2017). "INS Kiltan commissioned to Navy by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018.
  4. ^ Aero India (PDF). pp.42.
  5. ^ "Indian Navy commissions fourth and final Kamorta-class corvette". Janes.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. ^ Rahmat, Ridzwan; Hardy, James (22 July 2014). "Indian Navy takes delivery of first anti-submarine corvette". IHS Jane's Navy International. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship Kavaratti Launched in Kolkata".
  8. ^ "Indigenous stealth warship INS Kavaratti commissioned into Indian Navy by Army Chief at Visakhapatnam dockyard". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  9. ^ OdAdmin (21 October 2020). "Indigenously built ASW Corvette 'Kavaratti' to be Commissioned at Visakhapatnam". Odisha Breaking News | Odisha News | Latest Odisha News| Odisha Diary. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Army chief to commission four indigenously built INS Kavaratti tomorrow". Sify. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  11. ^ "INS Kavaratti to be commissioned into Indian Navy today: All you need to know about warship". Hindustan Times. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  12. ^ "INS Kavaratti launched in Kolkata".
  13. ^ a b "INS Kavaratti: Anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvette launched". The Economic Times. 19 May 2015.
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