INS Kadmatt (P29)

	INS Kadmatt at Langkawi, Malaysia in LIMA 2019
History
India
Name	INS Kadmatt
Namesake	Kadmat Island
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Launched	25 October 2011
Acquired	26 November 2015
Commissioned	7 January 2016
Identification	MMSI number: 419000933; Callsign: AWIB;
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Kamorta class corvette
Displacement	3,000 t (3,300 short tons)
Length	109 m (358 ft)
Beam	12.8 m (42 ft)
Propulsion	4 × Pielstick 12 PA6 STC Diesel engines; CODAD, DCNS raft mounted gearbox;
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range	3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	123 (17 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Revati Central Acquisition Radar; EL/M-2221 STGR fire-control radar; BEL Shikari; BEL RAWL02 (Signaal LW08) antenna communication grid – Gigabit Ethernet-based integrated ship borne data network, with a fiber optic cable backbone running through the vessel; NPOL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array); Bomber Electronic warfare (EW) suites – BEL Ajanta;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Sanket electronic warfare system; Kavach decoy launcher; CMS-28 combat management system;
Armament	Anti-air weaponry:; 1 X OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM); 2 x AK-630M CIWS; To be outfitted with VL-SRSAM; Anti-submarine warfare:; 2 X RBU-6000 (IRL) anti-submarine rocket launcher; 2x4 Torpedo tubes;
Aircraft carried	1 Westland Sea King Mk.42B Or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities	Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door

INS Kadmatt (P29) is the second of four anti-submarine warfare corvettes built for the Indian Navy by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers of Kolkata under Project 28. She was inducted into the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.

INS Kadmatt has been named after the Kadmat Island of India's Lakshadweep Islands and carries on the legacy of her predecessor INS Kadmatt (P 78), which served the Navy for 24 years from 23 December 1968 to 30 November 1992.

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