INS Khukri (P49)
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| History |
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| Name: |
INS Khukri |
| Builder: |
Mazagon Dock Limited |
| Laid down: |
27 September 1985 |
| Launched: |
3 December 1986 |
| Commissioned: |
23 August 1989 |
| Identification: |
Pennant number: P49 |
| Status: |
in active service |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Khukri-class corvette |
| Displacement: |
1350 tons (full load) |
| Length: |
91.1 metres |
| Beam: |
10.5 metres |
| Draught: |
4.5 metres |
| Propulsion: |
- 2 diesel engines with 14,400hp
- 2 shafts
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| Speed: |
25 knots (50 km/h) |
| Range: |
4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: |
79 (incl. 10 officers) |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
- MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar
- Garpun-Bal radar
- Bharat 1245 navigation radar
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| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: |
1 helicopter (HAL Chetak) |
For other ships with the same name, see
INS Khukri.
INS Khukri is the lead vessel of her class of corvettes, currently in service with the Indian Navy. The ship is named after INS Khukri, the only Indian Navy ship ever lost in combat. The previous Khukri was sunk by two homing torpedoes strike by PNS Hangor during the 1971 Indian-Pakistan war. The ship's captain, Mahendra Nath Mulla, who went down with the ship standing on the deck, was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra posthumously.
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