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INS Sindhudurg (K72)

History
 Indian Navy
Name: INS Sindhudurg
Namesake: Sindhudurg fort
Commissioned: 29 May 1977
Decommissioned: 24 September 2004
Fate: Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type: Durg class corvette
Displacement: 670 tons (full load)
Length: 59 meters
Beam: 12.5 meters
Draught: 2.5 meters
Speed: 32 knots
Complement: 42 (incl 7 officers)

INS Sindhudurg (K72) was the lead ship of the Durg class corvettes of the Indian Navy. It is the second of the three Nanuchka class missile corvettes procured from the former USSR.

The ship was commissioned on 29 May 1977 and decommissioned on 24 September 2004 after 27 years of service. The ship has the distinction of bringing down a surface-to-air missile during an exercise.


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