Kora-class corvette

INS Kulish (P63) during Exercise Malabar 2012
Class overview
NameKora class
BuildersGRSE
Operators
Preceded byKhukri class
Succeeded byKamorta class
Cost
  • ₹240 crore (equivalent to ₹955 crore or US$114 million in 2023) (India, FY 2001)
  • ₹365 crore (equivalent to ₹583 crore or US$70 million in 2023) (Mauritius, FY 2014)
Completed5
Active5
General characteristics [1]
TypeGuided missile corvette
Displacement1,460 short tons (1,320 t) (full load)
Length91.1 m (299 ft)
Beam10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion2 × SEMT Pielstick/Kirloskar 18 PA6V 280 diesel engines (14,400 PS; 10,600 kW); 2 shafts
Speed25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement134 including 14 officers
Sensors and
processing systems
  • MR-352 (NATO: Cross Dome) E/F-band air search radar
  • Granit Garpun B (NATO: Plank Shave) I/J-band air and surface search radar
  • MR-123 (NATO: Bass Tilt) H/I-band fire control radar (P61 only)
  • BEL Lynx I-band fire control radar (P62, P63 and P64)
  • BEL 1245 I-band navigation radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
  • 16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25) SSM (4 x quad launchers)
  • SA-N-5 Grail launcher for air defence missiles
  • 1 × 76 mm 62-cal Otobreda gun (P61, P62, P63 and P64) (replaced AK 76/60 gun during MLU)
  • 2 × 30 mm 65-cal AK-630 CIWS
Aircraft carried1 × 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).

  1. ^ Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 321. ISBN 0710626924.
  2. ^ Indian Naval Ships-Corvettes-Khukri Class Archived 19 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine