INS Kamorta (P28)

INS Kamorta (P28) during operation at sea
History
 Indian Navy
NameKamorta
NamesakeKamorta Island
OperatorIndian Navy
BuilderGarden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Cost₹2,800 crore (US$335 million)
Laid down20 November 2006
Launched19 April 2010
Acquired12 July 2014
Commissioned23 August 2014 [2]
HomeportVisakhapatnam
IdentificationPennant number: P28 [1]
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeKamorta-class ASW corvette
Displacement3,500 tonnes.[1]
Length109.1 m
Beam13.7 m
Propulsion
  • 4 × Pielstick 12 PA6 STC Diesel engines
  • CODAD, DCNS raft mounted gearbox
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement123 (17 officers)[4]
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[6]
Armament
Aircraft carried1 Westland Sea King Mk.42B
Aviation facilitiesRail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door[3]

INS Kamorta is the first of four anti-submarine Kamorta-class stealth corvettes which has been built for the Indian Navy.

It is a significant step towards India's pursuit for self-reliance in indigenous warship building, bringing closer home Indian Navy's quest to be a true Blue-Water Navy with ships and submarines designed and built within the country. She was designed and manufactured by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE),[7][8] launched on 19 April 2010, as part of Project 28, approved in 2003. The ship was named after Kamorta island in Andaman and Nicobar, India .

  1. ^ a b "Raksha Mantri to commission 'INS Kamorta'". Indian Navy. 20 August 2014.
  2. ^ The Times of India (12 July 2011). "Navy to commission two ships next month". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Aero India (PDF). pp.42.
  5. ^ "Indian Navy commissions fourth and final Kamorta-class corvette". Janes.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Delivery of INS Kamorta next June". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Navy to get first indigenous anti-submarine warship, INS Kamorta tomorrow". Economic Times. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.