Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane commissioned the last of four indigenously built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes 'INS Kavaratti' into the Indian Navy in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.
INS Kavaratti Indian Navy |
Here is all you need to know about INS Kavaratti:
- The ship was designed by the Indian Navy's in-house organisation, Directorate of Naval Design(DND), and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata.
- Navy officials said the INS Kavaratti has a state-of-the-art weapons and sensor suite capable of "detecting and prosecuting" submarines.
INS Kavaratti Indian Navy - In addition to its anti-submarine warfare capability, the ship also has a credible self-defence capability and good endurance for long-range deployments.
- Under Project 28, INS Kavaratti is the last of four indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes.
- The ship has up to 90 per cent indigenous content and the use of carbon composites for the superstructure is a commendable feat achieved in Indian shipbuilding," the Indian Navy said.
- The ship's weapons and sensors suite is predominantly indigenous and showcases the nation's growing capability in this niche area.
INS Kavaratti, last of the 4 indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare stealth corvettes, is all set to join Indian Navy.
— ANI (@ANI) October 22, 2020
Designed by Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval Design, the ship portrays our growing capability in becoming self-reliant through indigenization: Indian Navy pic.twitter.com/jHFcuGIkwT - Kavaratti takes her name from erstwhile INS Kavaratti which was an Arnala class missile corvette. The older Kavaratti distinguished herself by operating in Bangladesh's liberation war in 1971.
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