Kora-class corvette

	INS Kulish (P63) during Exercise Malabar 2012
Class overview
Name	Kora class
Builders	GRSE
Operators	Indian Navy; National Coast Guard of Mauritius;
Preceded by	Khukri class
Succeeded by	Kamorta class
Cost	₹240 crore (equivalent to ₹955 crore or US$120 million in 2023) (India, FY 2001) ; ₹365 crore (equivalent to ₹583 crore or US$73 million in 2023) (Mauritius, FY 2014);
Completed	5
Active	5
General characteristics
Type	Guided missile corvette
Displacement	1,460 short tons (1,320 t) (full load)
Length	91.1 m (299 ft)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught	4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion	2 × SEMT Pielstick/Kirloskar 18 PA6V 280 diesel engines (14,400 PS; 10,600 kW); 2 shafts
Speed	25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	134 including 14 officers
Sensors and ; processing systems	MR-352 (NATO: Cross Dome) E/F-band air search radar; Granit Garpun B (NATO: Plank Shave) I/J-band air and surface search radar; MR-123 (NATO: Bass Tilt) H/I-band fire control radar (P61 only); BEL Lynx I-band fire control radar (P62, P63 and P64); BEL 1245 I-band navigation radar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	BEL Ajanta P electronic support measures; 2 × PK-10 chaff launchers; BEL TOTED towed torpedo decoys;
Armament	16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25) SSM (4 x quad launchers); SA-N-5 Grail launcher for air defence missiles; 1 × 76 mm 62-cal Otobreda gun (P61, P62, P63 and P64) (replaced AK 76/60 gun during MLU); 2 × 30 mm 65-cal AK-630 CIWS;
Aircraft carried	1 × HAL Dhruv or HAL Chetak

Kora-class corvettes are guided missile corvettes, in active service with the Indian Navy and the National Coast Guard of Mauritius. Four vessels were built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) and outfitted at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).

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