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{{Short description|Destroyer in the Indian Navy}}
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| Ship image = File:201117-N-NC885-1128 (cropped).jpg
| Ship caption = INS ''Kolkata''
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| Ship country = India
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
| Ship name = ''Kolkata''
| Ship namesake = [[Kolkata]]
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| Ship builder = [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
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| Ship yard number = 701
| Ship way number = D63
| Ship laid down = September 2003
| Ship launched = 30 March 2006
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| Ship acquired = 10 July 2014
| Ship commissioned = 16 August 2014<ref name=Commissioning>{{cite news|title=PM-Modi-inducts-Indias-largest-indigenously-built-warship-INS-Kolkata|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PM-Modi-inducts-Indias-largest-indigenously-built-warship-INS-Kolkata/articleshow/40313665.cms|access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref>
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| Ship homeport = [[Mumbai]]
| Ship identification = *[[Pennant number]]: D63
*{{MMSI Number|419000852}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: AWFA
| Ship motto = "Yudhay Sarvasannadh"(Sanskrit)"Always Prepared for Battle"<ref name="pib.nic.in">{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=108832|title=Prime Minister Commissions INS Kolkata|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2016-04-24}}</ref>
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| Ship badge = [[File:INS Kolkata (D63) crest.jpg|150px|INS ''Kolkata'' crest]]
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Kolkata|destroyer}}
| Ship displacement = {{convert|7500|t|abbr=on}} full load<ref name="INS Kolkata class">{{cite web|title=INS Kolkata|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ins-kolkata|website=indiannavy.nic.in|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=28 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616202823/http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ins-kolkata|archive-date=16 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="hindujul14">{{cite news |title=Navy gets its largest destroyer|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-gets-its-largest-destroyer/article6205050.ece
|date=13 July 2014|access-date=15 July 2014 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref name="defxprss">{{cite news |url=http://www.defenceexpress.com/index.php/navy/item/277-largest-destroyer-project-of-navy-hit-by-delay |title=Largest destroyer project of Navy hit by delay|publisher=Defence Express|date=6 Jun 2013|access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref>
| Ship length = {{convert|163|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="TOI060401" />
| Ship beam = {{convert|17.4|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="TOI060401" />
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| Ship speed = In excess of {{convert|30|kn|abbr=on}}
| Ship range = {{convert|6000|nmi|abbr=on}}+
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| Ship complement = 300 (estd)
| Ship sensors = *'''Radar :-'''
*[[Israeli Aircraft Industries|IAI]] [[EL/M-2248 MF-STAR]] [[S-band]] [[Active Electronically Scanned Array|AESA]] multi-function radar<ref name=sp8j14>{{cite news|title=Country's most potent indigenous warship joins service this month|url=http://spsnavalforces.com/exclusive/?id=18&h=Country-s-most-potent-indigenous-warship-joins-service-this-month|access-date=8 June 2014|publisher=SP's Naval Forces|date=8 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821171744/http://spsnavalforces.com/exclusive/?id=18&h=Country-s-most-potent-indigenous-warship-joins-service-this-month|archive-date=21 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Thales Group|Thales]] LW-08 D-band air search radar<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thalesgroup.com/Press_Releases/naval_Press_Release_Bharat_Electronics_awards_LW08/ |title=Bharat Electronics Ltd. awards LW08 contract to Thales |publisher=Thalesgroup.com |date=2 July 2008 |access-date=2 April 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727113416/http://www.thalesgroup.com/Press_Releases/naval_Press_Release_Bharat_Electronics_awards_LW08/ |archive-date=27 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* Garpun Bal (3TS-25E) radar <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvWia6Jpwek&t=153s&ab_channel=IndianNavy|title=Virtual tour of INS Kolkata (Hindi)|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
*'''Sonar :-'''
* [[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] HUMSA-NG bow sonar
*'''Combat Suite :-'''
* [[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] EMCCA Mk4 combat management system<ref name=sp8j14/>
| Ship EW = * [[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] Ellora [[electronic support measures]]<ref name="ndtv-29sep15">{{cite web|last1=Som|first1=Vishnu|title=Inside India's New and Deadliest Warship|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/inside-indias-new-and-deadliest-warship-1224090|website=NDTV|access-date=23 November 2017|date=29 September 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718032359/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/inside-indias-new-and-deadliest-warship-1224090|archive-date=18 July 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*'''Decoys :-'''
*4 x [[Kavach (anti-missile system)|Kavach]] decoy launchers
*2 x [[Maareech ATDS|Maareech]] [[Torpedo defence|torpedo-countermeasure]] systems<ref name="ndtv-29sep15"/>
| Ship armament = *'''Anti-air warfare :-'''
*4 × 8-cell [[Vertical launching system|VLS]], for a total of 32 [[Barak 8]] [[surface-to-air missile]]s
*'''Anti-surface warfare :-'''
*2 x 8-cell VLS, for 16 [[BrahMos]] [[anti-ship missile]]s
*'''Anti-submarine warfare :-'''
*4 × {{cvt|533|mm|in|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s
*2 × [[RBU-6000]] [[Anti-submarine weapon|anti-submarine rocket launchers]]
*'''Guns :-'''
*1 × [[OTO Melara 76 mm]] [[Naval artillery|naval gun]]
*4 x [[AK-630]] [[Close-in weapon system|CIWS]]
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| Ship aircraft = 2 × [[Westland Sea King|Sea King]] or [[HAL Dhruv]] helicopters
| Ship aircraft facilities = Dual Enclosed [[hangar]]
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'''INS ''Kolkata''''' is the lead ship of the {{sclass|Kolkata|destroyer|0}} [[guided-missile destroyer|stealth guided-missile destroyer]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]. She was constructed at [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] (MDL), and was handed over to the navy on 10 July 2014 after completing her [[sea trial]]s. The ship was officially commissioned by [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] in a ceremony held on 16 August 2014.<ref name="Commissioning" /><ref name="pib.nic.in" />

==Construction==
The keel of ''Kolkata'' was laid down in September 2003 and she was launched on 30 March 2006.<ref name="TOI060401">{{citation|first=Reagan Gavin | last=Rasquinha | title=Queen of the high seas | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1473297,flstry-1.cms | journal=Times of India | date=2006-04-01 }}</ref> Her commissioning was originally planned for 2010, but this was delayed to 16 August 2014 as a result of a series of project delays.<ref name="big ticket">{{citation | last=Pandit | first=Rajat | title=Navy hit by delay of big-ticket projects | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-11-06/india/27955807_1_frigates-project-15b-mdl | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018234213/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-11-06/india/27955807_1_frigates-project-15b-mdl | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-10-18 | journal=[[The Times of India]] | date=2007-11-06}}</ref><ref name=hindu-ship>{{citation| last=Bhatt|first=Arunkumar| title= A lethal combination of stealth and strength | url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/01/stories/2006040104971300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060409043256/http://www.hindu.com/2006/04/01/stories/2006040104971300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2006-04-09 | journal=[[The Hindu]]| date=2006-04-01 }}</ref> During her construction at MDL, she was given the designation Yard-701.<ref name=toi8m14/>

===Sea trials===

The commissioning of ''Kolkata'' was delayed from 2010 to 2014 due to delays in her construction and technical problems which were found during her sea trials. The issue detected was generation of additional noise, which occurred when the engine, gear box and the shaft were operated together, but which worked issue-free when run independently. The issues were fixed and the sea trials were completed by February 2014, when the ship returned to MDL to undergo minor work before delivery.<ref name=toi8m14>{{cite news|title=Peculiar problems were dogging warship INS Kolkata|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Peculiar-problems-were-dogging-warship-INS-Kolkata/articleshow/31628431.cms|access-date=9 June 2014|agency=TNN|work=The Times of India|date=8 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Navy's ongoing hunt for heavy torpedoes leads to delay in modernisation process|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-navy-hits-modernisation-crisis-no-weapons-tarpedoes/1/279309.html|access-date=9 June 2014|publisher=India Today|date=10 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New details, pictures on Indian Navy's Future Kolkata class Destroyer|url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/defexpo-2014-naval-show-daily-news/1555-new-details-pictures-on-indian-navys-future-kolkata-class-destroyer.html|access-date=9 June 2014|publisher=navyrecognition.com|date=10 February 2014}}</ref>

===2014 carbon dioxide leak===

On 7 March 2014, during a complete check-up of the ship's machinery to fix the problems found during sea trials,<ref name=toi8m14/> a naval officer was killed and several workers were injured when a valve on a CO<sub>2</sub> bottle malfunctioned during a test of the vessel's carbon dioxide fire-fighting unit at the Mazagaon dockyard. For the test, fire-retarding carbon dioxide gas was to be released into a compartment; the test was part of the destroyer's delivery trials. ''Kolkata''{{'}}s engineering officer-designate, Commander Kuntal Wadhwa, inhaled a large amount of gas and was rushed to St George's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Two dockyard officials who also inhaled the gas were also taken to hospital for treatment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Navy hit by another accident; officer dead|newspaper=The Hindu|date=7 March 2014|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/navy-hit-by-another-accident-officer-dead/article5760901.ece|access-date=7 March 2014|last1=Baruah|first1=Amit|last2=Rajput|first2=Rashmi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/navy-officer-killed-in-mumbai-days-after-ins-sindhuratna-accident/article1-1192138.aspx |title=Navy hit again, officer dies in mishap on INS Kolkata - Hindustan Times |website=www.hindustantimes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308004017/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/navy-officer-killed-in-mumbai-days-after-ins-sindhuratna-accident/article1-1192138.aspx |archive-date=2014-03-08}} </ref><ref>{{cite web|title=One Naval Officer killed in INS Kolkata Gas Leak Accident|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/one-naval-officer-killed-in-ins-kolkata-gas-leak-accident/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=7 March 2014}}</ref> MDL stated that the incident will not delay the scheduled commissioning of the ship.<ref name=toi8m14/>

===Weapon trials===
[[File:INS_Kolkata_firing_a_Long-Range_Surface-to-Air_Missile.png|thumb|left|INS ''Kolkata'' firing a Long Range Surface to Air Missile]]
As part of her pre-commissioning weapon trials at sea, ''Kolkata'' test-fired a [[BrahMos]] missile off [[INS Kadamba|Karwar]]'s coast on 9 June 2014, and the test met all parameters.<ref>{{cite news|title=BrahMos missile test-fired from warship INS Kolkata|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BrahMos-missile-test-fired-from-warship-INS-Kolkata/articleshow/36295940.cms|access-date=9 June 2014|work=The Times of India|date=9 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=India-Russia Missile Successfully Test Fired from Indian Warship|url=http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20140609/190444194/India-Russia-Missile-Successfully-Test-Fired-from-Indian-Warship.html|access-date=9 June 2014|publisher=RIA Novosti|date=9 June 2014}}</ref> On 15 February 2015, [[BrahMos (missile)|BrahMos missile]] was on test fired from INS ''Kolkata'' during the Tropex exercise in the [[Arabian Sea]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = BrahMos missile test-fired from Indian Navy's newest ship INS Kochi, hits target|url = http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/brahmos-missile-test-fired-from-new-naval-ship-hits-target/|website = The Indian Express|date = 2015-11-02|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Supersonic BrahMos successfully test-fired from INS Kolkata - Times of India|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Supersonic-BrahMos-successfully-test-fired-from-INS-Kolkata/articleshow/46248399.cms|website = The Times of India|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref>

On 29 December 2015 and 30 December 2015 the Indian Navy successfully test-fired the Barak 8 missile from INS ''Kolkata''.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Indian Navy test-fires surface-to-air missile developed with Israel|url = http://www.mid-day.com/articles/indian-navy-test-fires-surface-to-air-missile-developed-with-israel/16815191|website = mid-day|date = 29 December 2015|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title = Indian Navy test-fires missile developed with Israel|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 29 December 2015|url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/indian-navy-test-fires-missile-developed-with-israel-115122900967_1.html|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref> Two missiles were fired at high speed targets, during naval exercises being undertaken in the Arabian Sea.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Indian Navy successfully test fires surface-to-air missile Barak-8 {{!}} Brahmand News|url = http://www.brahmand.com/news/Indian-Navy-successfully-test-fires-surfacetoair-missile-Barak8/14524/1/10.html|website = www.brahmand.com|access-date = 2016-01-05|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160108204419/http://brahmand.com/news/Indian-Navy-successfully-test-fires-surfacetoair-missile-Barak8/14524/1/10.html|archive-date = 2016-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Proud Moment. Indian Navy Tests The Most Formidable Missile In Its Arsenal|url = http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/proud-moment-indian-navy-tests-the-most-formidable-missile-in-its-arsenal-248917.html|website = indiatimes.com|date = 30 December 2015|access-date = 2016-01-05}}</ref>
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== Service history ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Deployment
!Date
!Port Visited
!Commander
!Notes and References
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| colspan="5" |'''2016'''
|-
| rowspan="4" |East Africa and the Southern Indian Ocean with frigate {{INS|Trikand|F51|6}} and fleet tanker {{INS|Aditya|A59|6}}
|28-30 August
|[[Victoria, Seychelles|Port Victoria]], [[Seychelles]]
| rowspan="4" |Captain Rahul Vilas Gokhale<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/indian-warships-visit-port-louis-mauritius|title=Indian Warships visit Port Louis, Mauritius {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref>
|Enhance defence ties with the [[Military of Seychelles|Seychelles People Defense Forces]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/warships-victoria-indian414528.aspx|title=Indian Warships Visit Port Victoria|website=Marine Link|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.eturbonews.com/74098/military-tourism-indian-warships-port-victoria-seychelles|title=Eturbonews}}</ref>
|-
|1-4 September
|[[Port Louis]], [[Mauritius]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.portnews.ru/news/225668/|title=Indian warships visit Port Louis, Mauritius|website=en.portnews.ru|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/visit-of-indian-warships-to-mombasa-kenya-10-13-september-2016-116091000279_1.html|title=VISIT OF INDIAN WARSHIPS TO MOMBASA KENYA 10 13 SEPTEMBER 2016|last=Standard|first=Business|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=10 September 2016|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/indian-warships-visit-port-louis-mauritius|title=Indian Warships visit Port Louis, Mauritius {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref>
|-
|10-13 September
|[[Mombasa]], [[Kenya]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://netindian.in/news/2016/09/11/00039495/indian-warships-reach-mombasa-kenya-visit|title=Indian warships reach Mombasa, Kenya on visit {{!}} NetIndian|date=2016-09-11|website=netindian.in|access-date=2016-09-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/visit-indian-warships-mombasa-kenya|title=Visit of Indian Warships to Mombasa, Kenya {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref>
|-
|20-23 September
|[[Durban]], [[South Africa]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/mbErel.aspx?relid=150928|title=Western Fleet Ships visit South Africa (20 - 23 September 2016)|website=pib.nic.in|access-date=2016-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail-MTA/MjgwNDQy/western-naval-fleet-ships-arrive-in-south-africa.html|title=Western Naval Fleet ships arrive in South Africa {{!}} ANI News|website=www.aninews.in|access-date=2016-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222030143/http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail-MTA/MjgwNDQy/western-naval-fleet-ships-arrive-in-south-africa.html|archive-date=22 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==See also==
*{{INS|Kochi}} - sister-ship and second of the class.
*{{INS|Chennai}} - sister-ship and third of the class.
*{{HMS|Calcutta}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Destroyers of the Indian Navy}}

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[[Category:Kolkata-class destroyers]]
[[Category:Destroyers of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Ships built in India]]
[[Category:2006 ships]]

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