INS Kirch (P62)

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "INS Kirch" P62 – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

INS Kirch during Milan Exercise
History
India
Name	INS Kirch
Namesake	"Sword"
Builder	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)
Propulsion	2 diesel motors with 14,400 hp 2 shafts
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range	4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	134 (incl 14 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	1 × MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar Bharat 1245 navigation radar Bharat Vympel IPN-10 combat data system
Armament	16 × Kh-35 Uran-E SSM 2 × Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM 1 × 76.2mm OTO-Melara SRGM gun 2 × 30mm AK-630 guns
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