Veer-class corvette
INS Nirbhik
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Veer class |
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 Indian Navy
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| Preceded by: | Durg class |
| Succeeded by: | Khukri class |
| Planned: | 15 |
| Completed: | 13 |
| Cancelled: | 2 |
| Active: | 10 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Corvette |
| Displacement: | 455 tons |
| Length: | 56 m (184 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Complement: | 41 (5 officers) |
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The Veer class corvettes of the Indian Navy are a customized Indian variant of the Soviet Tarantul-class. They form the 22nd Killer Missile Vessel Squadron.
Eight vessels of this class inherit their names from the 25th Killer missile boat squadron, which attacked and sunk 2 destroyers, a minesweeper and various other support vessels off Karachi during Operation Trident and Operation Python of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
The last two vessels of this class were built as the upgraded Tarantul V with 16 SS-N-25 'Switchblade' / URAN E Missiles, 1 OTO Melara 76 mm instead of the AK-176, and MR 352 Positiv-E (NATO: Cross Dome) Radar.
On 28 April 2016, INS Veer and INS Nipat were the first Veer class corvettes to be decommissioned from the Indian Navy.
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