INS Kiltan

History
Name:	INS Kiltan
Namesake:	Kiltan Island
Builder:	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down:	10 August 2010
Launched:	26 March 2013
General characteristics
Class & 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)
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 HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) Bomber Electronic warfare (EW) suites - BEL Ajanta
Electronic warfare & decoys:	DESEAVER MK
Armament:	Anti-air missiles: 1 X 76.2 mm Oto SRGM 8 x 3M54 Klub 2 x AK-630M CIWS Anti-submarine warfare: 2 X RBU-6000 (IRL) anti-submarine rocket launcher 16x Barak SAM 2x3 Torpedo tubes

INS Kiltan (P30) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the third of four Kamorta-class corvettes under various stages of induction with the Indian Navy. The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, and launched on 26 March 2013. Kiltan represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts at indigenisation with as much as 90% of its content drawn from India itself.

History

The keel of Kiltan was laid in August 2010 and it was launched in Kolkata on 26 March 2013 by Chitra Joshi, wife of Admiral D. K. Joshi, the Chief of Naval Staff. The ship cost an estimated ₹1,700 crores. The ship takes its name from the Kiltan Island, a coral island that is part of India's archipelagic Union Territory of Lakshadweep. 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.

Design

Kiltan has been designed by the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design as part of Project 28. It is capable of fighting under nuclear, biological and chemical environments. It will be a frontline warship of the Indian Navy with advanced stealth features and a low radar signature that enhances its anti-submarine warfare capability. The ship will have a complement of 17 officers and 106 sailors.

Features

Kiltan is India's first ship to have a superstructure of carbon fibre composite material that has been integrated with its main hull resulting in lower top weight and maintenance costs and improved stealth features. The ship is 109 metres long and 12.8 metres ( long and ) broad and is highly maneuverable with a top speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph). It has a displacement of 3000 tonnes and a range of about 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). It is powered by 4 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 diesel engines at 1,050 rpm.

Kiltan is to be armed with a range of indigenously developed cutting-edge weapons and sensors including "a medium range gun, torpedo tube launchers, rocket launchers and a close-in weapon system". The ship will also contain an integrated communication system and an electronic warfare system.