INS Karwar (M67)

INS Karwar (right) and INS Kakinada before their decommissioning ceremony.
History
India
Name: INS Karwar
Namesake: Karwar
Commissioned: 14 July 1986
Decommissioned: 9 May 2017[1]
Identification: M67
General characteristics
Class and type: Karwar-class minesweeper
Displacement: 877 long tons (891 t) full load
Length: 61 m (200 ft 2 in)
Beam: 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draft: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: 2 × M-503B diesels, 2 shafts, 5,000 bhp (3,700 kW)
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range:
  • 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
  • 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 10 officers, 72 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Sonar:
  • MG-69/79 High frequency, hull mounted, active mine detection
  • Radar:
  • Don 2 I-band air/surface
  • 2 × Square Head - High Pole B IFF
  • MR-104 Drum Tilt H/I-band fire control
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • Minesweeping:
  • AT-2 acoustic sweep
  • GKT-2 contact sweep
  • TEM-3 magnetic sweep
Armament:
  • 4 × 30 mm (2×2) guns
  • 4 × 25 mm (2×2) AA
  • 2 × RBU 1200 5-tubed ASW rocket
  • 10 mines
  • 2 × 16 SA-N-5 SAM Grail missiles

INS Karwar (M67) of the Karwar class is identical to the Pondicherry-class minesweepers that were in service with the Indian Navy till 2012, built by the Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard at Saint Petersburg in Russia except for the addition of surface-to-air missiles. [2] [3] The lead ship of this class Karwar and other ships of the class are set to be decommissioned by 2018 as Indian Navy looks to replace them with twelve new Mine Counter-measure Vessels (MCMV) to be built at Goa Shipyard Limited in collaboration with Busan-based Kangnam Corporation under the Make in India initiative.[4] Karwar is a modified version of the Natya-class minesweeper. As minesweepers, it is large and heavily armed and can serve the dual purpose of an anti-submarine warfare escort. The hull of the ship is made of U3 low magnetic signature steel.[5]

References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/861931936020934658
  2. ↑ "GSL gets defence ministry’s nod to build 12 minesweepers".
  3. ↑ "Seagoing Minesweepers". Russian Ships. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Harbours at risk: Indian Navy to be without minesweepers for at least 3 years".
  5. ↑ "Support ships of Indian Navy that enhance maritime security".
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