Khukri-class corvette

The Khukri-class corvette , also known as Project 25, is a class of corvettes intended to replace the ageing Petya II-class corvettes of the Indian Navy.^{[citation needed]}

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Class overview
Name	Khukri class
Builders	Mazagon Dock Limited Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Operators	Indian Navy  Vietnam People's Navy
Preceded by	Veer class
Succeeded by	Kora class
Subclasses	Kora class
In commission	1989–present
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	2  Indian Navy 1  Vietnam People's Navy
Retired	1
Preserved	1
General characteristics [1]
Type	Corvette
Displacement	1,423 short tons (1,291 t) (full load)
Length	91.1 m (299 ft)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught	4 m (13 ft)
Propulsion	2 × SEMT Pielstick/Kirloskar 18 PA6V 280 diesel engines (14,400 PS; 10,600 kW); 2 shafts
Speed	24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	112 including 12 officers
Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 (NATO: Cross Dome) E/F-band air search radar Granit Garpun B (NATO: Plank Shave) I-band air and surface search radar MR-123 (NATO: Bass Tilt) H/I-band fire control radar BEL 1245 I-band navigation radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	BEL Ajanta P electronic support measures 2 × PK-16 chaff launchers NPOL towed torpedo decoy
Armament	4 × P-15 Termit (NATO: SS-N-2D Mod 1 Styx) missile launchers SA-N-5 Grail launcher for air defence missiles 1 × AK-176 76 mm 60-cal main gun 2 × AK-630 30 mm gun
Aircraft carried	1 × HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv

The first two were ordered in December 1983 and the remaining in 1985. Around 65% of the ship contains indigenous content.^[1] The diesel engines were assembled in India, under license by Kirloskar Group.

Four ships of the class were built. As of July 2023, two ships remain in service in the Indian Navy, and a third one has been donated to the Vietnam People's Navy.

Service history

Khukri the lead ship of the class was decommissioned after 32 years of service on 23 December 2021.^[2] She has since been preserved as a museum ship in Diu, India.

During a meeting between the defence minister's of India and Vietnam, India decided to gift the Kirpan to the Vietnam People's Navy.^[3]

Kirpan was transferred to Vietnam People's Navy and was decommissioned from Indian Navy service on 22 July 2023.^[4]

Ships of the class

Name	Pennant	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Status
Indian Navy
Khukri	P49	Mazagon Dock	27 September 1985	3 December 1986	23 August 1989[1]	23 December 2021[2]	Converted into a Museum at Diu
Kuthar	P46		13 September 1986	15 April 1989	7 June 1990[1]		Active
Kirpan	P44	GRSE	15 November 1985	16 August 1988	12 January 1991[1]	22 July 2023[4]	Transferred to  Vietnam People's Navy[3]
Khanjar	P47		15 November 1985	16 August 1988	22 October 1991[1]		Active
Vietnam People's Navy
Ship 26	26	GRSE	15 November 1985	16 August 1988	22 July 2023[4]		Erstwhile Kirpan[4]

See also

• List of active Indian Navy ships