Khukri-class corvette

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Class overview
Name	Khukri class
Builders	Mazagon Dock Limited; Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers;
Operators	Indian Navy; Vietnam People's Navy;
Preceded by	Veer class
Succeeded by	Kora class
In commission	1989–present
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	2 Indian Navy; 1 Vietnam People's Navy;
Retired	1
Preserved	1
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	1,423 short tons (1,291 t) (full load)
Length	91.1 m (299 ft)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught	4 m (13 ft)
Propulsion	2 × SEMT Pielstick/Kirloskar 18 PA6V 280 diesel engines (14,400 PS; 10,600 kW); 2 shafts
Speed	24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	112 including 12 officers
Sensors and ; processing systems	MR-352 (NATO: Cross Dome) E/F-band air search radar; Granit Garpun B (NATO: Plank Shave) I-band air and surface search radar; MR-123 (NATO: Bass Tilt) H/I-band fire control radar; BEL 1245 I-band navigation radar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	BEL Ajanta P electronic support measures; 2 × PK-16 chaff launchers; NPOL towed torpedo decoy;
Armament	4 × P-15 Termit (NATO: SS-N-2D Mod 1 Styx) missile launchers; SA-N-5 Grail launcher for air defence missiles; 1 × AK-176 76 mm 60-cal main gun; 2 × AK-630 30 mm gun;
Aircraft carried	1 × HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv

The Khukri-class corvette is a class of corvettes intended to replace the ageing Petya II-class corvettes of the Indian Navy.

The first two were ordered in December 1983 and the remaining in 1985. Around 65% of the ship contains indigenous content. The diesel engines were assembled in India, under license by Kirloskar Group.

Four ships of the class were built. As of July 2023, two ships remain in service in the Indian Navy, and a third one has been donated to the Vietnam People's Navy.

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