Kamorta-class corvette

INS Kavaratti (P31) on patrol
Class overview
NameKamorta class
BuildersGarden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Operators Indian Navy
Preceded by
Succeeded byASW SWC class
Cost
  • ₹7,800 crore (equivalent to ₹120 billion or US$1.4 billion in 2023) for four ships (FY 2015)[1]
  • ₹1,950 crore (equivalent to ₹29 billion or US$350 million in 2023) per unit (FY 2015)
Planned4
Completed4
Active4
General characteristics
TypeAnti-submarine warfare corvette
Displacement3,300 tonnes (3,200 long tons) full load[2]
Length109 m (357 ft 7 in)[2]
Beam13.7 m (44 ft 11 in)[2]
Installed power20,384 hp (15,200 kW)
PropulsionCODAD: 4 × Pielstick 12PA 6 STC6 Diesel engines[3]
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[3]
Range3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi)[4]
Complement123 (incl. 17 officers)[5]
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Sanket electronic warfare system
  • Kavach decoy launcher
  • CMS-28 combat management system[3]
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Ka-28PL or HAL Dhruv[3]
Aviation facilitiesRail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door[7][8]

The Kamorta-class corvettes or Project 28[9] are a class of anti-submarine warfare corvettes currently in service with the Indian Navy. Built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, they are the first anti-submarine warfare stealth corvettes to be built in India.[10] Project 28 was approved in 2003, with construction of the lead ship, INS Kamorta commencing on 12 August 2005. All of the four corvettes, INS Kamorta, INS Kadmatt, INS Kiltan and INS Kavaratti were commissioned in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2020 respectively.

The platform and major internal systems of this class of corvettes are indigenously designed and built.[11] The corvettes are named after the islands in the Lakshadweep archipelago. The Kamorta-class corvettes are intended to succeed the Kora class by precedence and the Abhay class by role.

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  3. ^ a b c d 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. ^ Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy (6 January 2016). "Indian Navy commissions second Kamorta-class ASW corvette". IHS Jane's Navy International. Archived from the original on 9 January 2016.
  5. ^ Aero India (PDF). pp.42.
  6. ^ "Indian Navy commissions fourth and final Kamorta-class corvette". Janes.com. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "'Kavaratti' – Fourth Ship of Project – 28 (Anti Submarine Warfare Corvette) Launched at GRSE, Kolkata". Press Information Bureau. 19 May 2015. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018.
  9. ^ https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1666543 [bare URL]
  10. ^ "INS Kamorta: All you need to know about India's indigenous warship". dna. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  11. ^ Pike, John. "Project 28 ASW Corvette". globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.