INS Kiltan (P30)

History

Kiltan (P30) undertaking a voyage





Name	INS Kiltan
Namesake	Kiltan Island
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down	10 August 2010
Launched	26 March 2013
Acquired	14 October 2017
Commissioned	16 October 2017
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General characteristics
Class & type	Kamorta-class corvette
Displacement	3,300 tonnes (3,638 short tons)
Length	109 m (358 ft)
Beam	12.8 m (42 ft)
Propulsion	4 diesel motors
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	Revati 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 2×4 Torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-28PL or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities	Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door

INS Kiltan (P30) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the third of four Kamorta-class corvettes. The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, launched on 26 March 2013, and commissioned on 16 October 2017.