INS Kulish (P63)

INS Kulish (P63) en-route to Bangladesh
History
India
Name	INS Kulish
Namesake	Thunderbolt
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down	4 October 1995
Launched	19 August 1997
Commissioned	20 August 2001
Identification	Pennant number: P63
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Kora-class corvette
Displacement	1,400 tons full load
Length	91.1 m (298 ft 11 in)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 diesel motors with 14,400 hp (10,700 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	134 (incl 14 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	1 × MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar Bharat 1245 navigation radar Bharat Vympel IPN-10 combat data system[1]
Armament	16 × Kh-35 Uran-E SSM 2 × Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM 1 × 76.2 mm AK–176M gun 2 × 30 mm AK-630 guns
Aircraft carried	1 HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv helicopter
Notes	Home Port-Port Blair

INS Kulish is a Kora-class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy. She was ordered in October 1994, and the keel was laid in October 1995. The ship was launched in August 1997 and was commissioned on 20 August 2001.

Kulish is the third of the four Kora-class corvettes designed under Project25A. She is armed with the P-15 Termit anti-ship missiles and Strela-2 anti-air missiles.