INS Kora

INS Kora is the lead ship of the Kora-class of 1,350-tonne guided missile corvettes in active service with the Indian Navy.^[1] The vessel was built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) and outfitted at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).

INS Kora entering Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
History
India
Name	INS Kora
Namesake	"Sword"
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down	10 January 1990
Launched	23 September 1992
Commissioned	10 August 1998
Identification	Pennant number: P61
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Kora-class corvette
Displacement	1,400 tons full load
Length	91.1 m (298 ft 11 in)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 diesel motors with 14,400 hp (10,700 kW) 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 & processing systems	1 × MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar Bharat 1245 navigation radar Bharat Vympel IPN-10 combat data system
Armament	16 × Kh-35 Uran-E SSM 2 × Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM 1 × 76.2 mm AK–176M gun 2 × 30 mm AK-630 guns
Aircraft carried	1 HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv helicopter

She is equipped with 3M-24 anti-ship missiles as a primary weapon, with two Strela-2M anti-air missiles as defensive weapons.^[2]

History

Kora was on a goodwill visit to Singapore in 2001.^[2]

On 31 October 2014, Kora was in collision with the cargo ship MV Madeleine Rickmers in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Vishakhapatnam.^[3] Kora participated in the 2015 SLINEX training exercises from 27 October to 1 November.^[4] Kora took part in LIMA in 2017.

The ship has taken part extensively in various exercises in the South China Sea. She and INS Ranvijay, a Rajput-class destroyer, participated in bilateral exercises with Vietnam Navy and Philippine Navy in 2021.^[5][6] A frigate from the Philippines, BRP Antonio Luna took part in the exercise.^[7]