INS Khanjar (P47)
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Name: | INS Khanjar |
Builder: | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
Laid down: | 15 November 1985 |
Launched: | 16 August 1988 |
Commissioned: | 22 October 1991 |
Identification: | Pennant number: P47 |
Status: | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Khukri-class corvette |
Displacement: | 1350 tons (full load) |
Length: | 91.1 metres |
Beam: | 10.5 metres |
Draught: | 4.5 metres |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 25 knots (50 km/h) |
Range: | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Complement: | 79 (incl. 10 officers) |
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Armament: | |
Aircraft carried: | 1 helicopter (HAL Chetak) |
INS Khanjar is a Khukri-class corvette, currently in service with the Indian Navy.[1]
Mock drill
On 30 November 2002 on the high seas off the coast of Vizhinjam. Mock attack drill was being staged such as Khanjar was targeting INS Jamuna, a hydrographic survey vessel carrying media persons and VIPs, including Air Vice Marshal R. D. Limaye of the Southern Air Command. This was part of the Navy Week celebrations.[2]
References
- ↑ "Naval ships on display". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 21 Nov 2012.
- ↑ "INS Khanjar bares its teeth". The Hindu. 1 Dec 2002.
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