INS Kavaratti (P31)

History

INS Kavaratti during trials.





Name	INS Kavaratti
Namesake	Kavaratti
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down	20 January 2012
Launched	19 May 2015
Acquired	18 February 2020
Commissioned	22 October 2020
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General characteristics
Class & type	Kamorta-class corvette
Displacement	3,300 tons
Length	109 m (358 ft)
Beam	12.8 m (42 ft)
Propulsion	4 × Pielstick 12 PA6 STC Diesel engines CODAD, DCNS raft mounted gearbox
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range	3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	123 (incl 17 officers)
Sensors & processing systems	Revathi Central Acquisition Radar EL/M-2221 STGR fire-control radar BEL Shikari BEL RAWL02 (Signaal LW08) antenna communication grid - Gigabit Ethernet-based integrated ship borne data network, with a fiber optic cable backbone running through the vessel 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) 2 × AK-630M CIWS To be outfitted with VL-SRSAM Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × RBU-6000 (IRL) anti-submarine rocket launcher 2 × quad torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Sea King Mk.42B or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities	Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door

INS Kavaratti (P31) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the last of four Kamorta-class corvettes. The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, and launched on 19 May 2015. It was commissioned into the Navy on 22 October 2020 in Visakhapatnam.