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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian Navy ship class}}<br />
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{{Infobox ship image<br />
|Ship image= INS Kuthar P46.JPG<br />
|Ship caption= INS ''Kuthar''<br />
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{{Infobox ship class overview<br />
|Name= ''Khukri'' class<br />
|Builders=*[[Mazagon Dock Limited]]<br />
*[[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers]]<br />
|Operators= {{navy|IND}}<br />
|Class before= {{sclass|Veer|corvette|4}}<br />
|Class after= {{sclass|Kora|corvette|4}}<br />
|Subclasses= <br />
|Cost= <br />
|Built range= <br />
|In service range= <br />
|In commission range= 1989–present<br />
|Total ships building= <br />
|Total ships planned= 4<br />
|Total ships completed= 4<br />
|Total ships cancelled= <br />
|Total ships active= 3<br />
|Total ships laid up= <br />
|Total ships lost= <br />
|Total ships retired= 1<br />
|Total ships preserved= 1<br />
}}<br />
{{Infobox ship characteristics<br />
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|Header caption=<ref name="jfs-0506"/><br />
|Ship class= <br />
|Ship type= [[Corvette]]<br />
|Ship tonnage=<br />
|Ship displacement= {{cvt|1423|ST}} (full load)<br />
|Ship length= {{convert|91.1|m|abbr=on}}<br />
|Ship beam= {{convert|10.5|m|abbr=on}}<br />
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|Ship draught= {{convert|4|m|abbr=on}}<br />
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|Ship power= <br />
|Ship propulsion= 2 × SEMT Pielstick/Kirloskar 18 PA6V 280 diesel engines ({{cvt|14400|PS|disp=comma}}); 2 shafts<br />
|Ship sail plan= <br />
|Ship speed= {{convert|24|kn|abbr=on}}<br />
|Ship range= {{convert|4000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn|abbr=on}}<br />
|Ship endurance=<br />
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|Ship troops=<br />
|Ship complement= 112 including 12 officers<br />
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|Ship time to activate= <br />
|Ship sensors=*MR-352 ([[NATO reporting name|NATO]]: Cross Dome) E/F-band air search radar<br />
*Granit Garpun B (NATO: Plank Shave) I-band air and surface search radar<br />
*MR-123 (NATO: Bass Tilt) H/I-band fire control radar<br />
*[[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] 1245 I-band navigation radar<br />
|Ship EW=*BEL Ajanta P [[electronic support measures]]<br />
*2 × PK-16 chaff launchers<br />
*[[NPOL]] towed torpedo decoy<br />
|Ship armament=*4 × [[P-15 Termit]] (NATO: SS-N-2D Mod 1 Styx) missile launchers<br />
*[[SA-N-5]] Grail launcher for air defence missiles<br />
*1 × [[AK-176]] 76 mm 60-cal main gun<br />
*2 × [[AK-630]] 30 mm gun<br />
|Ship armour=<br />
|Ship aircraft=1 × [[HAL Chetak]] or [[HAL Dhruv]]<br />
|Ship aircraft facilities=<br />
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The '''''Khukri''-class corvette ''' is a class of [[corvette]]s intended to replace the ageing [[Petya-class frigate|Petya II-class corvettes]] of the [[Indian Navy]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}}<br />
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The first two were ordered in December 1983 and the remaining in 1985. Around 65% of the ship contains indigenous content.<ref name="jfs-0506"/> The [[diesel engine]]s were assembled in [[India]], under license by [[Kirloskar Group]].<br />
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==Service history==<br />
{{INS|Khukri|P49|2}} the lead ship of the class was decommissioned after 32 years of service on 23 December 2021.<ref name="khukri_decom">{{cite press release|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1784779|title=INS KHUKRI DECOMMISSIONED AFTER 32 YEARS OF GLORIOUS SERVICE TO THE NATION|publisher=PIB|date=2021-12-24}}</ref> She has since been preserved as a museum ship in [[Diu, India|Diu]], [[India]].<br />
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== Ships of the class ==<br />
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{| class=wikitable<br />
|-<br />
!Name<br />
!Pennant<br />
!Builder<br />
!Homeport<br />
!Laid down<br />
!Launched<br />
!Commissioned<br />
!Decommissioned<br />
!Status<br />
|-<br />
| {{INS|Khukri|P49|2}}<br />
| P49<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]<br />
| rowspan="4" | [[Visakhapatnam]]<br />
| 27 September 1985<br />
| 3 December 1986<br />
| 23 August 1989<ref name="jfs-0506">{{cite book|editor1-last=Saunders|editor1-first=Stephen|editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006|date=2005|publisher=Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626924|page=322|edition=108th|chapter=India}}</ref><br />
| 23 December 2021<ref name="khukri_decom" /><br />
| Converted into a Museum at [[Diu district|Diu]] <br />
|-<br />
| {{INS|Kuthar|P46|2}}<br />
| P46<br />
| 13 September 1986<br />
| 15 April 1989<br />
| 7 June 1990<ref name="jfs-0506"/><br />
|<br />
| rowspan="3" | Active<br />
|-<br />
| {{INS|Kirpan|P44|2}}<br />
| P44<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers]]<br />
| 15 November 1985<br />
| 16 August 1988<br />
| 12 January 1991<ref name="jfs-0506"/><br />
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|-<br />
| {{INS|Khanjar|P47|2}}<br />
| P47<br />
| 15 November 1985<!--Dates repeat in the ref too--><br />
| 16 August 1988<!--Dates repeat in the ref too--><br />
| 22 October 1991<ref name="jfs-0506"/><br />
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|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of active Indian Navy ships]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141108002243/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ships?page=0%2C4]<br />
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{{Ship classes of the Indian Navy}}<br />
{{Corvettes_of_the_Indian_Navy}}<br />
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[[Category:Khukri-class corvettes|*]]<br />
[[Category:Corvette classes]]<br />
[[Category:Ships built in India]]<br />
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