Veer-class corvette

INS Nirbhik
Class overview
NameVeer class
Builders
Operators Indian Navy
Preceded by
Succeeded byKhukri class
Planned15
Completed13
Cancelled2
Active7
Lost1
Retired5
Preserved1
General characteristics [1]
TypeCorvette
Displacement
  • 455 tons or
  • 477 tons (K91 and K92)
Length56.1 m (184 ft)
Beam11.5 m (38 ft)
Draught2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
PropulsionCOGAG: 2 × Nikolayev Type DR77 (DS71 in K92) gas turbine, 16,016 PS (11,780 kW); 2 × Nikolayev Type DR76 gas turbines, 4,993 PS (3,672 kW) coupled to two shafts
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range
  • 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
  • 400 nmi (740 km; 460 mi) at 36 kn (67 km/h)
Complement41 (5 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Granit Garpun B (NATO: Plank Shave) E-band air and surface search radar or MR-352 (NATO: Cross Dome) E/F-band air and surface search radar (K91 and K92)
  • Mius I-band navigation radar
  • MR-123 (NATO: Bass Tilt) H/I-band fire control radar or BEL Lynx fire control radar (K91 and K92)
  • BEL Aparna fire control radar
Armament
  • 4 × P-15 Termit (NATO: SS-N-2D Mod 1 Styx) missiles or 16 × Kh-35 Uran (NATO: SS-N-25) missiles (K91 and K92)
  • 1 quad SA-N-5 Grail launcher for air defence missiles
  • 1 × 76 mm 60-cal main gun or 1 × 76 mm 62-cal OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (K91 and K92)
  • 2 × AK-630 30 mm gun

The Veer-class corvettes of the Indian Navy are a customised Indian variant of the Soviet Tarantul class.[2][3] They form the 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron (Killer Squadron).[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference jfs-0506 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Indian Naval Ships-Corvettes-Veer Class Archived 19 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ [1] [dead link‍]
  4. ^ Indian Navy Celebrates `Killers Nite' Archived 9 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine