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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Khukri-class corvette in service with the Indian Navy}}<br />
{{For|Iranian naval vessel of the same name|IRIS Khanjar}}<br />
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| image = INS Khanjar (P47) at sea.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Khanjar (P47) at sea.<br />
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|section2={{Infobox ship/career<br />
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| country = India<br />
| flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}<br />
| name = INS ''Khanjar''<br />
| namesake = "[[Khanjar|Dagger]]"<br />
| ordered = <br />
| builder = [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers]]<br />
| laid_down = 15 November 1985<br />
| launched = 16 August 1988<br />
| acquired = <br />
| commissioned = 22 October 1991<br />
| decommissioned = <br />
| in_service = <br />
| out_of_service = <br />
| struck = <br />
| reinstated = <br />
| identification = [[Pennant number]]: P47<br />
| honours = <br />
| fate = <br />
| status = Active<br />
| notes = <br />
| badge = [[File:Crest of INS Khanjar (P47).jpg|120px]]<br />
}}<br />
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|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics<br />
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| class = {{sclass|Khukri|corvette}}<br />
| displacement = 1350 tons (full load)<br />
| length = 91.1 metres<br />
| beam = 10.5 metres<br />
| draught = 4.5 metres<br />
| draft = <br />
| propulsion = *2 diesel engines with 14,400hp<br />
*2 shafts<br />
| speed = {{convert|25|kn|km/h|-1}}<br />
| range = {{convert|4,000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn|km/h|-1}}<br />
| complement = 79 (incl. 10 officers)<br />
| sensors = *MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar<br />
*Garpun-Bal radar<br />
*Bharat 1245 navigation radar<br />
| EW = <br />
| armament = *4 × P-20M (SS-N-2D) [[Anti-ship missile|AShMs]]<br />
*2 × [[Strela 2|Strela-2M]] (SA-N-5) [[Surface-to-Air Missile|SAM]]<br />
*1 × [[AK–176]] 76mm gun<br />
*2 × 30mm [[AK-630]] guns<br />
| armour = <br />
| armor = <br />
| aircraft = 1 helicopter ([[HAL Chetak]])<br />
| aircraft_facilities = <br />
| notes = <br />
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}}<br />
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'''INS ''Khanjar''''' is a {{sclass|Khukri|corvette}}, currently in service with the [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121121/jsp/odisha/story_16218240.jsp#.UzByrtL7C8A|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324202218/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1121121/jsp/odisha/story_16218240.jsp#.UzByrtL7C8A|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 March 2014|title=Naval ships on display|date=21 Nov 2012|work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]]}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
On 30 November 2002 on the high seas off the coast of Vizhinjam, a mock attack drill was being staged, with the ''Khanjar'' targeting [[INS Jamuna|INS ''Jamuna'']], a hydrographic survey vessel carrying media persons and VIPs, including Air Vice Marshal R. D. Limaye of the [[Southern Air Command (India)|Southern Air Command]]. This was part of the Navy Week celebrations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/12/01/stories/2002120106720300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203055158/http://hindu.com/2002/12/01/stories/2002120106720300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2012|title=INS Khanjar bares its teeth|date=1 Dec 2002|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><br />
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''Khanjar'' along with {{INS|Kora}} was on a visit to [[Port of Kolkata|Kolkata]] between 28 and 30 November 2025 as part of that year's [[Navy Day (India)|Navy Week]] celebrations. The ships were open to public visitors.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Warships for public viewing|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/warships-for-public-viewing/articleshow/125623022.cms|work=The Times of India|date=2025-11-28|access-date=2025-11-29|issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Frontline guided missile corvettes make port call in Kolkata to mark Navy Week|url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2025/11/28/ces16-def-warships-visit.html|website=The Week|access-date=2025-11-29|language=en}}</ref> She also participated at the [[International Fleet Review 2026]] held at [[Visakhapatnam|Visakapatanam]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=IFR & MILAN 2026 |url=https://www.ifrmilan26.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260219124733/https://www.ifrmilan26.com/ |archive-date=2026-02-19 |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=IFR & MILAN 2026 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Corvettes of the Indian Navy}}<br />
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[[Category:Khukri-class corvettes]]<br />
[[Category:Corvettes of the Indian Navy]]<br />
[[Category:1988 ships]]<br />
[[Category:Ships built in Kolkata]]<br />
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{{India-mil-stub}}</div>Sarker Tanvir Ahmed