Khukri-class corvette

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Class overview
Name:	Khukri class
Builders:	Mazagon Dock Limited Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Operators:	Indian Navy
Preceded by:	Veer class
Succeeded by:	Kora class
In commission:	1989-
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Active:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	Full load: 1,350 tonnes
Length:	91.1 m (299 ft)
Beam:	10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught:	4.5 m (15 ft)
Speed:	25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) @ 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement:	79 including 10 officers
Sensors and processing systems:	MR-123 Fire control radar 1 MR 352 Pozitiv-E air radar 1 Garpun-Bal air/surface radar 1 BEL 1245 navigation radar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	1 BEL Ajanta P Mk.II used in the ESM role Decoy 2 PK-10 chaff launchers 1 NPOL designed towed torpedo decoy
Armament:	2 × AK-630 CIWS 1 × AK-176 76mm gun 4 × P-20M missiles 2 × SA-N-5 SAM launchers
Aircraft carried:	1 HAL Dhruv

The Khukri-class corvette were a class of corvettes intended to replace the ageing Petya II-class corvettes of the Indian Navy.

The first two were ordered in December 1984 and the remaining in 1985. The diesel engines were assembled in India, under license by Kirloskar Group. Around 65% of the ship contains indigenous content.

Ships of the class

Name	Builder	Homeport	Commissioned	Status
Khukri (P49)	Mazagon Dock Limited	Kochi	23 August 1989	Active
Kuthar (P46)	Mazagon Dock Limited	Mumbai	7 June 1990	Active
Kirpan (P44)	GRSE	Visakhapatnam	12 January 1991	Active
Khanjar (P47)	GRSE	Visakhapatnam	22 October 1991	Active

See also

• List of active Indian Navy ships

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