INS Kiltan (P30)

	INS Kiltan (P30) departs SHV Port, Cambodia
History
Name	INS Kiltan
Namesake	Kiltan Island
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down	10 August 2010
Launched	26 March 2013
Acquired	14 October 2017
Commissioned	16 October 2017
General characteristics
Class and type	Kamorta-class corvette
Displacement	3,000 tonnes (3,307 short tons)
Length	109 m (358 ft)
Beam	12.8 m (42 ft)
Propulsion	4 diesel motors
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range	3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	123 (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 carried	1 × Ka-28PL or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities	Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door

INS Kiltan (P30) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the third of four Kamorta-class corvettes. The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, launched on 26 March 2013, and commissioned on 16 October 2017. Kiltan represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts at localisation with as much as 90% of its content drawn from India itself.

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