INS Kavaratti (P31)

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INS Kavaratti (P31) - Wikipedia

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History
INS Kavaratti during trials.

Name	INS Kavaratti
Namesake	Kavaratti
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down	20 January 2012
Launched	19 May 2015
Acquired	18 February 2020^[1]
Commissioned	22 October 2020^[2]
General characteristics
Class and type	Kamorta-class corvette
Displacement	3,300 tons
Length	109 m (358 ft)
Beam	12.8 m (42 ft)
Propulsion	4 × Pielstick 12 PA6 STC Diesel engines CODAD, DCNS raft mounted gearbox
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range	3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	123 (incl 17 officers)^[3]
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 NPOL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) Bomber Electronic warfare (EW) suites - BEL Ajanta
Electronic warfare & decoys	Sanket electronic warfare system Kavach decoy launcher CMS-28 combat management system^[4]
Armament	Anti-air weaponry: 1 X OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) 2 x AK-630M CIWS To be outfitted with VL-SRSAM Anti-submarine warfare: 2 X RBU-6000 (IRL) anti-submarine rocket launcher 2x4 Torpedo tubes^[5]
Aircraft carried	1 Westland Sea King Mk.42B or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities	Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door^[6]

INS Kavaratti (P31) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the last of four Kamorta-class corvettes. The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, and launched on 19 May 2015. Kavaratti represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts at indigenisation with as much as 90% of its content drawn from India itself.^[7] It was commissioned into the Navy on 22 October 2020 in Visakhapatnam.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]

History

The keel of Kavaratti was laid on 20 January 2012 and it was launched in Kolkata on 19 May 2015. The ship cost an estimated ₹1,700 crores.^[12] The ship takes its name from the Kavaratti, capital of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in India.^[13] It is the successor ship to the INS Kavaratti, which was an Arnala-class corvette which participated in Operation Trident, and was later decommissioned in 1986.

Design

Kavaratti is India's one of the 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 broad and is highly maneuverable with a top speed of 25 knots. It has a displacement of 3,300 tonnes and a range of about 3,450 nautical miles at 18 knots. It is powered by 4 diesel engines that generate a combined power of 3000 kW and propelled by a main unit of four 3,888 kW diesel engines at 1,050 rpm.^[13]

Kavaratti 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. It 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.

Commissioning

INS Kavaratti has completed sea trials and delivered to Indian Navy on 18 February 2020. The ship was commissioned into the Navy by Indian Army COAS General Manoj Mukund Naravane on 22 October 2020.^[2]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "GRSE delivers 4th anti-submarine warfare corvette to Navy". Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Indigenously built ASW Corvette 'Kavaratti' to be Commissioned at Visakhapatnam". PIB India. 21 October 2020.
^ Aero India (PDF). pp.42.
^ Rahmat, Ridzwan; Hardy, James (22 July 2014). "Indian Navy takes delivery of first anti-submarine corvette". IHS Jane's Navy International. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014.
^ "Indian Navy commissions fourth and final Kamorta-class corvette". Janes.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
^ Gupta, Jayanta (16 October 2017). "INS Kiltan commissioned to Navy by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018.
^ "Anti-Submarine Warfare Ship Kavaratti Launched in Kolkata".
^ "Indigenous stealth warship INS Kavaratti commissioned into Indian Navy by Army Chief at Visakhapatnam dockyard". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ OdAdmin (21 October 2020). "Indigenously built ASW Corvette 'Kavaratti' to be Commissioned at Visakhapatnam". Odisha Breaking News | Odisha News | Latest Odisha News| Odisha Diary. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Army chief to commission four indigenously built INS Kavaratti tomorrow". Sify. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "INS Kavaratti to be commissioned into Indian Navy today: All you need to know about warship". Hindustan Times. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "INS Kavaratti launched in Kolkata".
^ ^a ^b "INS Kavaratti: Anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvette launched". The Economic Times. 19 May 2015.

v t e Kamorta-class corvettes
Kamorta Kadmatt Kiltan Kavaratti
Preceded by: Kora class Followed by: Abhay class replacement
List of corvettes of the Indian Navy

Corvettes of the Indian Navy

Commissioned ships

Kamorta class	Kamorta (P28) Kadmatt (P29) Kiltan (P30) Kavaratti (P31)
Kora class	Kora Kirch Kulish Karmuk
Khukri class	Kuthar Kirpan Khanjar
Abhay class	Abhay
Veer class	Vibhuti Vipul Vinash Vidyut Nashak Prabal Pralaya

Decommissioned ships

Flower class	HMIS Gondwana HMIS Sind HMIS Mahratta HMIS Assam
Bathurst class	HMIS Punjab HMIS Bombay^[a] HMIS Bengal^[b] HMIS Madras^[c]
Arnala class	Arnala Androth Anjadip Andaman Amini Kamorta (P77) Kadmatt (P78) Kiltan (P79) Kavaratti (P80) Katchall Amindivi
Durg class	Vijaydurg Sindhudurg Hosdurg
Veer class	Veer Nirbhik Nipat Nirghat Prahar Nishank
Abhay class	Ajay Akshay Agray
Khukri class	Khukri
Basset class^[d]	HMIS Agra HMIS Ahmedabad HMIS Amritsar HMIS Baroda HMIS Berar HMIS Calcutta HMIS Cochin HMIS Cuttack HMIS Karachi HMIS Lahore HMIS Lucknow HMIS Madura HMIS Multan HMIS Nagpur HMIS Nasik HMIS Patna HMIS Peshawar HMIS Poona HMIS Quetta HMIS Rampur HMIS Shillong HMIS Travancore

Future ships

ASW-SWC	INS Mahe INS Malwan INS Mangrol INS Arnala (P68) INS Androth (P69) 11 more ships
NGMV	6 vessels

Footnotes

^ Renamed as INS Bombay post republic.
^ Renamed as INS Bengal post republic.
^ Renamed as INS Madras post republic.
^ Classified as Anti-Submarine Naval Trawlers

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