INS Kuthar (P46)


INS Kuthar
Career
Name: INS Kuthar
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down: 13 September 1986
Launched: 15 April 1989
Commissioned: 7 June 1990
Status: Active
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: 2 diesel engines with 14,400hp
2 shafts
Speed: 25 knots (50 km/h)
Range: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 79 (incl. 10 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar
Garpun-Bal radar
Bharat 1245 navigation radar
Armament: 4 x P-20M (SS-N-2D) AShMs
2 x Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM
1 x AK–176 76mm gun
2 x 30mm AK-630 guns
Aircraft carried: 1 helicopter (HAL Chetak)

INS Kuthar (P46) is a Khukri class corvette, currently in service with the Indian Navy.

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