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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian Navy corvette commissioned in 1991}}<br />
{{other ships|INS Kirpan}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}<br />
{{more citations needed|date=July 2023}}<br />
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| Ship image = INS Kirpan (P44) entering Cam Ranh International Port, Vietnam.jpg<br />
| Ship caption = Kirpan (P44) entering Cam Ranh International Port, [[Vietnam]]<br />
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{{Infobox ship career<br />
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|Ship country = India<br />
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|India|navy}}<br />
| Ship name = '''INS ''Kirpan'''''<br />
| Ship namesake = [[Kirpan|Ceremonial dagger]] worn by [[Sikh]]s<br />
| Ship ordered = <br />
| Ship builder = [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers]]<br />
| Ship laid down = 15 November 1985<br />
| Ship launched = 16 August 1988<br />
| Ship acquired = <br />
| Ship commissioned = 12 January 1991<br />
| Ship decommissioned = Soon<br />
| Ship in service = <br />
| Ship out of service = <br />
| Ship struck = <br />
| Ship reinstated = <br />
| Ship identification = [[Pennant number]]: P44<br />
| Ship honours = <br />
| Ship fate = <br />
| Ship status = On its way to Vietnam, to be formally decommissioned from the [[Indian Navy]] and handed over to the [[Vietnam People's Navy]]<br />
| Ship notes = <br />
| Ship badge = [[File:INS Kirpan (P 44) emblem.JPG|150px|INS Kirpan crest]]<br />
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|Ship country=Vietnam<br />
| Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Vietnam|navy}}<br />
| Ship acquired = 29 June 2023<br />
| Ship status = Being transferred<br />
| Ship identification = <br />
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Khukri|corvette}}<br />
| Ship displacement = 1350 tons (full load)<br />
| Ship length = 91.1 metres<br />
| Ship beam = 10.5 metres<br />
| Ship draught = 4.5 metres<br />
| Ship draft = <br />
| Ship propulsion = *2 diesel engines with 14,400hp<br />
*2 shafts<br />
| Ship speed = {{convert|25|kn|km/h|-1}}<br />
| Ship range = {{convert|4,000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn|km/h|-1}}<br />
| Ship complement = 79 (incl. 10 officers)<br />
| Ship sensors = *MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar<br />
*Garpun-Bal radar<br />
*Bharat 1245 navigation radar<br />
| Ship EW = <br />
| Ship 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 />
| Ship armour = <br />
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| Ship aircraft = 1 helicopter ([[HAL Chetak]])<br />
| Ship aircraft facilities = <br />
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'''INS ''Kirpan''''' is the name of a {{sclass|Khukri|corvette}} commissioned by the [[Indian Navy]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Navy Gifts Active Warship To Vietnam, First By India To Any Country|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/navy-gifts-active-warship-ins-kirpan-to-vietnam-first-by-india-to-any-country-4163818#:~:text=New%20Delhi%3A,on%20Wednesday%2C%20the%20navy%20said.}}</ref> It is the first active warship that [[India]] has ever gifted to another country, it is on its way to be transferred to the Vietnam People's Navy, which will use it in the future with a new identification. The warship was gifted to Vietnam after a visit by Vietnam's Defence Minister Gen [[Phan Văn Giang|Phan Van Giang]] in June, 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|title=In a first, India gifts active warship INS Kirpan to Vietnam|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/in-a-first-india-gifts-active-warship-ins-kirpan-to-vietnam-2399329-2023-06-28}}</ref> It is another in a long [[list of warships gifted by India]] to other countries. The indigenously built [[corvette|missile corvette]] INS Kirpan entered [[Cam_Ranh_Bay|Cam Ranh International Port]] on July 8. after sailing out of [[Visakhapatnam]] on 29 June, 2023 <ref>{{Cite news|title=INS Kirpan sets sail from Visakhapatnam to Vietnam|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ins-kirpan-sets-sail-from-visakhapatnam-to-vietnam/article67020456.ece}}</ref> and will be officially handed over to [[Vietnamese People’s Navy]] by month end.<ref>{{Cite news|title=NINS Kirpan reaches Vietnam|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/ins-kirpan-reaches-vietnam/articleshow/101623651.cms?from=mdr}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Khukri-class corvettes]]<br />
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[[Category:Naval ships of India]]<br />
[[Category:1988 ships]]<br />
[[Category:Ships built in India]]<br />
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