INS Kavaratti (P31)

INS Kavaratti (P31) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the last of four Kamorta-class corvettes. The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, and launched on 19 May 2015. Kavaratti represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts at indigenisation with as much as 90% of its content drawn from India itself. It was commissioned into the Navy on 22 October 2020 in Visakhapatnam.

INS Kavaratti during trials.
History
NameINS Kavaratti
NamesakeKavaratti
BuilderGarden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down20 January 2012
Launched19 May 2015
Acquired18 February 2020
Commissioned22 October 2020
General characteristics
Class and typeKamorta-class corvette
Displacement3,300 tons
Length109 m (358 ft)
Beam12.8 m (42 ft)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Pielstick 12 PA6 STC Diesel engines
  • CODAD, DCNS raft mounted gearbox
Speed25 knots (46 km/h)
Range3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement123 (incl 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 carried1 Westland Sea King Mk.42B or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilitiesRail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door
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