INS Chapal (K94)

INS Chapal (K94) was a Chamak class missile boat of the Indian Navy.[1][2]

Preserved at Rabindranath Tagore Beach.
History
India
Name: INS Chapal
Commissioned: 4 November 1976
Decommissioned: 5 May 2005
Fate: Museum ship on Rabindranath Tagore Beach, Karwar
General characteristics
Class and type: Chamak class missile boat
Displacement: 245 tons (full load)[1]
Length: 38.6 meters
Beam: 7.6 meters
Speed: 37+ knots
Complement: 30
Armament:
  • 4 × SS-N-2A Styx AShM
  • 1 × SA-N-5 SAM
  • 2 × AK-230 30mm guns

It is now a museum ship on Rabindranath Tagore Beach in Karwar, Karnataka.[3]


This warship is now positioned on a special concrete platform at Rabindranath Tagore beach in Karwar city, Karnataka state, India.

Mannequins dressed-up as captain, sailors, doctors, etc., are there inside the Museum. Replicas of the missiles are also displayed inside the Warship Museum.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/16/stories/2006051606990300.htm


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