INS Kiltan (P30)
History | |
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Name | INS Kiltan |
Namesake | Kiltan Island |
Builder | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
Laid down | 10 August 2010 |
Launched | 26 March 2013 |
Acquired | 14 October 2017[1] |
Commissioned | 16 October 2017 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kamorta-class corvette |
Displacement | 3,000 tonnes (3,307 short tons) |
Length | 109 m (358 ft) |
Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft) |
Propulsion | 4 diesel motors |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
Range | 3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
Complement | 123 (incl 17 officers)[3] |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Ka-28PL or HAL Dhruv |
Aviation facilities | Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door[2] |
INS Kiltan (P30) is an
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, launched on 26 March 2013, and commissioned on 16 October 2017. Kiltan represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts at localisation with as much as 90% of its content drawn from India itself.[6][7][8]
History
The
archipelagic Union Territory of Lakshadweep.[11] It is the successor ship to the INS Kiltan, which was an Arnala-class corvette which participated in Operation Trident, and was later decommissioned in 1987.[12]
Kiltan was handed over to the Navy by the GRSE on 14 October 2017,[13] and was commissioned into the Navy’s Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam on 16 October 2017, in the presence of Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba.[8]
Design
The Kamorta-class has been designed by the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design as part of Project 28.radar signature that enhances its anti-submarine warfare capability. The ship will have a complement of 17 officers and 106 sailors.[9]
Features
Kiltan is
diesel engines that generate a combined power of 3,000 kW (4,000 hp) and propelled by a main unit of four 3,888 kW (5,214 hp) diesel engines at 1,050 rpm.[9][14]
Kiltan is to be armed with a range of Indian developed cutting-edge weapons and sensors including "a medium-range gun,
rocket launchers and a close-in weapon system".[6] The ship will also contain an integrated communication system and an electronic warfare system.[14]
Gallery
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INS Kiltan replenishment at sea byUSNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4).
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INS Kiltan (P30) with Bangladesh Navy ships BNS Abu Bakr and BNS Prottoy during Bongosagar exercise.
References
- ^ "INS Kiltan ASW stealth corvette commissioned". SP's Naval Force. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Aero India (PDF). pp.42.
- ^ "Indian Navy commissions fourth and final Kamorta-class corvette". Janes.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d "Third anti-submarine warfare corvette launched in Kolkata". The Hindu. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ "India needs vibrant warship building industry". The Statesman. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ a b Gupta, Jayanta (17 October 2017). "Kolkata-built naval ship commissioned". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "Anti-submarine warfare ship launched". The Deccan Herald. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ "INS Kiltan launched". Times of India. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ "Anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kiltan". Economic Times. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ "INS Kiltan reborn". Times of India. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ^ a b c Gupta, Jayanta (15 October 2017). "GRSE hands over third ASW corvette to Navy". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Anti Submarine Warfare Corvette". Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2013.