INS Kiltan (P30)

Kiltan (P30) at Cam Ranh Bay Port, Vietnam
History
NameINS Kiltan
NamesakeKiltan Island
BuilderGarden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down10 August 2010
Launched26 March 2013
Acquired14 October 2017[1]
Commissioned16 October 2017
General characteristics
Class and typeKamorta-class corvette
Displacement3,000 tonnes (3,307 short tons)
Length109 m (358 ft)
Beam12.8 m (42 ft)
Propulsion4 diesel motors
Speed25 knots (46 km/h)
Range3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement123 (incl 17 officers)[2]
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[3]
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Ka-28PL or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilitiesRail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door[5]

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. The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, launched on 26 March 2013, and commissioned on 16 October 2017. Kiltan represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts at localisation with as much as 90% of its content drawn from India itself.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "INS Kiltan ASW stealth corvette commissioned". SP's Naval Force. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. ^ Aero India (PDF). pp.42.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Indian Navy commissions fourth and final Kamorta-class corvette". Janes.com. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Third anti-submarine warfare corvette launched in Kolkata". The Hindu. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  7. ^ "India needs vibrant warship building industry". The Statesman. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  8. ^ Gupta, Jayanta (17 October 2017). "Kolkata-built naval ship commissioned". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 August 2018.