Kamorta-class corvette

	INS Kavaratti (P31) on patrol
Class overview
Name	Kamorta class
Builders	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Operators	Indian Navy
Preceded by	Kora class by precedence; Abhay class by role;
Succeeded by	ASW SWC class
Cost	₹7,800 crore (equivalent to ₹120 billion or US$1.5 billion in 2023) for four ships (FY 2015); ₹1,950 crore (equivalent to ₹29 billion or US$370 million in 2023) per unit (FY 2015);
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Anti-submarine warfare corvette
Displacement	3,300 tonnes (3,200 long tons) full load
Length	109 m (357 ft 7 in)
Beam	13.7 m (44 ft 11 in)
Installed power	20,384 hp (15,200 kW)
Propulsion	CODAD: 4 × Pielstick 12PA 6 STC6 Diesel engines
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi)
Complement	123 (incl. 17 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Revati Central Acquisition Radar; EL/M-2221 STGR fire-control radar; BEL Shikari; 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 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM)-Manufactured by BHEL; 2 x AK-630M CIWS; 32 × VL-SRSAM (planned); Anti-submarine warfare:; 2 × RBU-6000 (IRL) anti-submarine rocket launcher; 2 x quad 533 mm torpedo tubes (Varunastra);
Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-28PL or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities	Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door

The Kamorta-class corvettes or Project 28 are a class of anti-submarine warfare corvettes currently in service with the Indian Navy. Built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, they are the first anti-submarine warfare stealth corvettes to be built in India. Project 28 was approved in 2003, with construction of the lead ship, INS Kamorta commencing on 12 August 2005. All of the four corvettes, INS Kamorta, INS Kadmatt, INS Kiltan and INS Kavaratti were commissioned in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2020 respectively.

The platform and major internal systems of this class of corvettes are indigenously designed and built. The corvettes are named after the islands in the Lakshadweep archipelago. The Kamorta-class corvettes are intended to succeed the Kora class by precedence and the Abhay class by role.

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