INS Kulish (P63) during Exercise Malabar 2012
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Class overview | |
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Name | Kora class |
Builders | GRSE |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Khukri class |
Succeeded by | Kamorta class |
Cost | |
Completed | 5 |
Active | 5 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Guided missile corvette |
Displacement | 1,460 short tons (1,320 t) (full load) |
Length | 91.1 m (299 ft) |
Beam | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
Draught | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 × SEMT Pielstick/Kirloskar 18 PA6V 280 diesel engines (14,400 PS; 10,600 kW); 2 shafts |
Speed | 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range | 4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 134 including 14 officers |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament | |
Aircraft carried | 1 × HAL Dhruv or HAL Chetak |
Kora-class corvettes are guided missile corvettes, in active service with the Indian Navy and the National Coast Guard of Mauritius.[2] Four vessels were built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) and outfitted at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).