INS Kamorta (P28)

	INS Kamorta (P28) during operation at sea
History
Indian Navy
Name	Kamorta
Namesake	Kamorta Island
Operator	Indian Navy
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Cost	₹2,800 crore (US$351 million)
Laid down	20 November 2006
Launched	19 April 2010
Acquired	12 July 2014
Commissioned	23 August 2014
Homeport	Visakhapatnam
Identification	Pennant number: P28
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Kamorta-class ASW corvette
Displacement	3,500 tonnes.
Length	109.1 m
Beam	13.7 m
Propulsion	4 × Pielstick 12 PA6 STC Diesel engines; CODAD, DCNS raft mounted gearbox;
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
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
Aviation facilities	Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door

INS Kamorta is the first of four anti-submarine Kamorta-class stealth corvettes which has been built for the Indian Navy.

It is a significant step towards India's pursuit for self-reliance in indigenous warship building, bringing closer home Indian Navy's quest to be a true Blue-Water Navy with ships and submarines designed and built within the country. She was designed and manufactured by GRSE, launched on 19 April 2010, as part of Project 28, approved in 2003. It was named after Kamorta island in Andaman and Nicobar, India .

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