Veer-class corvette

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Class overview
Name	Veer class
Builders	Mazagon Dock Limited; Goa Shipyard Limited;
Operators	Indian Navy
Preceded by	Abhay class by antecedence; Durg class by role;
Succeeded by	Khukri class
Planned	15
Completed	13
Cancelled	2
Active	7
Lost	1
Retired	5
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	455 tons or; 477 tons (K91 and K92);
Length	56.1 m (184 ft)
Beam	11.5 m (38 ft)
Draught	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	COGAG: 2 × Nikolayev Type DR77 (DS71 in K92) gas turbine, 16,016 PS (11,780 kW); 2 × Nikolayev Type DR76 gas turbines, 4,993 PS (3,672 kW) coupled to two shafts
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h); 400 nmi (740 km; 460 mi) at 36 kn (67 km/h);
Complement	41 (5 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Granit Garpun B (NATO: Plank Shave) E-band air and surface search radar or MR-352 (NATO: Cross Dome) E/F-band air and surface search radar (K91 and K92); Mius I-band navigation radar; MR-123 (NATO: Bass Tilt) H/I-band fire control radar or BEL Lynx fire control radar (K91 and K92); BEL Aparna fire control radar;
Armament	4 × P-15 Termit (NATO: SS-N-2D Mod 1 Styx) missiles or 16 × Kh-35 Uran (NATO: SS-N-25) missiles (K91 and K92); 1 quad SA-N-5 Grail launcher for air defence missiles; 1 × 76 mm 60-cal main gun or 1 × 76 mm 62-cal OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (K91 and K92); 2 × AK-630 30 mm gun;

The Veer-class corvettes of the Indian Navy are a customised Indian variant of the Soviet Tarantul class. They form the 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron (Killer Sqaudron).

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