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INS Kirch (P62)

Corvette INS Kirch (P62) and fleet tanker INS Jyoti (A58) of the Indian Navy with a frigate of the Singaporean Navy during SIMBEX 2011 in the South China Sea.jpg
INS Kirch (left) during SIMBEX 2011
History
Name: INS Kirch
Builder: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers and Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
Laid down: 31 January 1992
Launched: 5 October 1995
Commissioned: 22 January 2001
Identification: Pennant number: P62
Status: in active service
Badge: INS Kirch crest
General characteristics
Class and type: Kora-class corvette
Displacement: 1,400 tons full load
Length: 91.1 m (299 ft)
Beam: 10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught: 4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 diesel motors with 14,400 hp
  • 2 shafts
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 134 (incl 14 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • 1 × MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar
  • Bharat 1245 navigation radar
  • Bharat Vympel IPN-10 combat data system
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv helicopter

INS Kirch is a Kora-class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy.


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