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INS Kirch is a Kora-class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy.[1]
 INS Kirch during Milan Exercise
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| History | |
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 India | |
| Name | INS Kirch |
| Namesake | "Sword" |
| Builder | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Mazagon Dock Limited |
| Laid down | 31 January 1992 |
| Launched | 5 October 1995 |
| Commissioned | 22 January 2001 |
| Identification | Pennant number: P62 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kora-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,400 tons full load |
| Length | 91.1 m (299 ft) |
| Beam | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Draught | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
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| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range | 4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement | 134 (incl 14 officers) |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv helicopter |
Service history
editIn early 2011, the ship was part of a fleet of warships from the Eastern Fleet which went on an operational deployment in South East Asia and the Western Pacific.[2] The flotilla was composed of the INS Delhi, INS Ranvijay, INS Ranvir, INS Jyoti and INS Kirch, and carried 1,400 naval personnel on board. They were commanded by Rear Admiral Harish Chandra Singh Bisht. The flotilla, along with an Indian Navy maritime reconnaissance aircraft took part in a five-day exercise SIMBEX 2011 with the Singapore Navy in the South China Sea. Four naval ships including a submarine of the Singapore Navy were commanded by Rear Admiral Joseph Leong, Fleet Commander of the Republic of Singapore Navy. The Indian fleet then proceeded on its forward deployment, and made port calls at Alava pier in Subic Bay (Philippines),[3] Vlapostok (Russia), Manila (Philippines), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), Kota Kina Balu (Malaysia) and Jakarta (Indonesia).[2] The ships also visited China, Japan and South Korea.[4][5][6] After exercising with the U.S. Navy, the fleet conducted drills at Vladivostok with the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet. This was the second time the Indian Navy had made a port call at Vladivostok.[7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
- ^ a b "Operational Deployment of Eastern Fleet 2011". Indian Navy. Indian Navy. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "5 Indian naval ships dock in Subic". Sun Star. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Indo-US Malabar exercise looms in uncertainty". Brahmand News. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Indian, Singapore navy to exercise in South China Sea". Deccan Herald. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Indian, Singapore navy to engage in five-day naval exercise in South China Sea". Brahmand News. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "India, Russia to hold joint naval exercise". Brahmand News. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Japan pulls out of tri-nation naval war games". Brahmand News. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "Indian warships in Russia for naval exercise". Zee News. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2013.