INS Kirch (P62)

INS Kirch is a Kora-class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy.[1]

INS Kirch during Milan Exercise
History
 India
Name: INS Kirch
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
Badge:
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:
Aircraft carried: 1 HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv helicopter

Service history

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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