Indian Navy's Fourth Project 28 Kamorta-Class Stealth Corvette INS Kavaratti Ready For Launch

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Anti-sub vessel INS Kavaratti set for launch next week

INS Kamorta during sea trials before commissioning​

Kolkata: Kavaratti, the last of the four anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvettes being built for India under Project 28, will be launched here next week.

Designed by the Directorate of Naval Design and built by Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers, the contract for the construction of four P28 ships was signed in June, 2012, with the project priced at Rs 7,800 crore.

The corvette, with a displacement of 3,300 tonnes, has a length of 109.1 metres and measures 13.7-m at beam.

The ship is propelled by four diesel engines to achieve speeds in excess of 25 knots and has an endurance of more than 3,400 nautical miles.

Defence sources said that about 90 per cent of Kavaratti is indigenous and the ship is "well equipped" to fight in nuclear, chemical and biological warfare conditions.

INS Kamorta, the first ship under this project, was commissioned by the Navy last year.

Kadmatt and Kiltan are scheduled for delivery between 2015-2017.

Launching of a ship means transferring the vessel to water.

Source:- India to launch anti-submarine warfare-class corvette next week | Shanghai Daily

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

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Navy Experimenting With Composite Superstructure for Warships

INS Kamorata Under Construction ​

The Navy is building two Anti- Submarine Warfare Corvettes using carbon fibre composite material from Sweden for the first time as it goes beyond using steel for warships.

Warships are traditionally made using stainless steel but the new carbon fibre composite superstructure, imported from Swedish shipyard Kockums, not only makes the warship lighter but also makes it difficult for the enemy to spot.

Being built by defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) in Kolkata, INS Kiltan and INS Kavaratti are named after islands in the Lakshwadeep archipelago.

The Kamorta-class corvettes would be delivered to the Navy within 2017.

"These are the first ships where such a technology is being used in India. Stealth is the most important feature of composite material as it is less susceptible to detection unlike steel," Commodore Ratnakar Ghosh, Director (shipbuilding), GRSE, told PTI.

The ship's superstructure is made of composite material while the remaining part including hull uses steel.

The new technology with extremely low radar cross-section has been pioneered by Swedish Navy which uses Visby-class corvettes, made entirely of composites.

Other nations have used fiberglass reinforced plastic (FBR) for similar stealth features.

Divided into smaller blocks, parts of the composite superstructure came from the Swedish shipyard and were assembled and integrated with the main hull under supervision of Swedish experts in Kolkata.

"We have reduced the weight of the superstructure by about 100 tonnes using this technology. This will allow the Navy to add more payload weapons. It will also be an added advantage when the ship has to go for modernisation after a few years," the official said.

Composites are also anti-corrosives, a feature needed to guard against corrosion by sea water.

To make it fire resistant, parts of the superstructure have been super-insulated.

However, the cost of this new technology is higher as compared to steel.

"The weight of the superstructure should be around 30 per cent less. The cost is higher but that is offset against the long term advantages it offers," Ghosh said.

GRSE's Chairman and Managing Director Rear Admiral (Retd) A K Verma said in future they would tie-up with some India- based contractors who can supply them such composites.

"We have to look for people who can make such type of composites in India as per our specifications. We are training our people also," he said.

Aimed at enhancing the Navy's underwater warfare capabilities, the warships will be fitted with indigenous state-of-the-art weapons and sensors.

With an overall length of about 110 metres, the ships can cut through the sea at a very high speed of 25 knots.

Source:- Navy Experimenting With Composite Superstructure for Warships | Apr 26,2015

 

[GR!FF!N]

GRSE made us proud..This was one of the first attempt of this shipyard to make such warships(Before,they built Project 16A Frigates along with Auxilary ships,FACs,Tankers and Amphibious Ships..

They're scheduled to make 3 P-17A..

Good Job India, with these Ships you can Conquer Australia and Merge in your Country Evil English People don't Deserve to Live in Australia

what about conquering China??

trolling apart..these Warships are going to be used to detect and neutrilize Submarines,which I sad to say,mostly going to be Pakistanis and Chinese..most other navies in this region are mostly friendly,but we're going to keep an eye on them too.

 

[GR!FF!N]

Noooooo, As Asians we Should not Fight with Each other. it's our Job to Kick out those Evil English and Americans from Asia.

Viva Strong Asia, Death to America !

Oops..by the way,why you bore so much hate for Australians??

 

[Archie]

Never quite understood the logic behind calling a 3300 Ton warship, a corvette.

Considering the fact that, indian navy also operate 450 Ton Veer Class Missile boats which are also classified as corvettes

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Never quite understood the logic behind calling a 3300 Ton warship, a corvette.

Considering the fact that, indian navy also operate 450 Ton Veer Class Missile boats which are also classified as corvettes

Should be be considered a small frigate instead. In modern terms, a corvette is typically between 500 tons and 2,000 tons although recent designs may approach 3,000 tons although very few of them have done so.

The Standard Displacement of 2800 tonnes for Kamorata-Class should be considered - not the full load which is as heavy as 3400 tons. (Not sure if they are long tons or short tons)

IN's terminology is a bit different - they term a 2,000-2,500 ton vessel a "Missile Boat/Vessel" instead of a Corvette - The Next Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV) programme.

Indian Navy puts out RfI for next-gen missile vessel - IHS Jane's 360

 

[jaiind]

Never Put your Trust on Evil English Man my Friend.

and your Navy is going to Sink those Evil Aussie-Japanese Subs to Protect Asia From These Filthy Europe and Evil America

i hate Those Evil English People who killed Native people and Created their Fake Nation on our Asian land .

Don't worry my Fellow Asian Brother, Mother Russia and China will Nuke Australia one Day

why are you being obsessed on Aussie??

 

[IND151]

Anti-sub vessel INS Kavaratti set for launch next week

INS Kamorta during sea trials before commissioning​

Kolkata: Kavaratti, the last of the four anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvettes being built for India under Project 28, will be launched here next week.

Designed by the Directorate of Naval Design and built by Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers, the contract for the construction of four P28 ships was signed in June, 2012, with the project priced at Rs 7,800 crore.

The corvette, with a displacement of 3,300 tonnes, has a length of 109.1 metres and measures 13.7-m at beam.

The ship is propelled by four diesel engines to achieve speeds in excess of 25 knots and has an endurance of more than 3,400 nautical miles.

Defence sources said that about 90 per cent of Kavaratti is indigenous and the ship is "well equipped" to fight in nuclear, chemical and biological warfare conditions.

INS Kamorta, the first ship under this project, was commissioned by the Navy last year.

Kadmatt and Kiltan are scheduled for delivery between 2015-2017.

Launching of a ship means transferring the vessel to water.

Source:- India to launch anti-submarine warfare-class corvette next week | Shanghai Daily

 

[Heinz Guderian]

why are you being obsessed on Aussie??

Because they kicked the *** of Putin.

 

[kaykay]

Awesome Kamorta class....

 

[#hydra#]

Never quite understood the logic behind calling a 3300 Ton warship, a corvette.

Considering the fact that, indian navy also operate 450 Ton Veer Class Missile boats which are also classified as corvettes

May be IN wants to call it as a corvette, just like USN there designation for freedom class is littoral combat ship which is 3500 metric tonne vessel.

 

[Storm Force]

beautiful warships

 

[Abingdonboy]

I know it is far too simplistic to say this but, generally speaking, look at what you can do if you have your $hit together- PAY ATTENTION INDIAN ARMY.

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

I know it is far too simplistic to say this but, generally speaking, look at what you can do if you have your $hit together- PAY ATTENTION INDIAN ARMY.

Can't blame them - they have a revenue to capital ratio of 85:15 which is worst of all the services - and to make matters worst they have developed a likening for imported hardware. It's the CAPEX ration that they rather improve first.

 

[MilSpec]

All Kamorta class are built with the capability to support a 16 Cell BARAK 1 VLS, and looking at the huge ammo store, most likely can carry 4 mags for the VLS......With 4+8 planned ships, this will be pack a solid punch.....

@Capt.Popeye Quick question for you , Kamorta class is supposedly the replacement for the Kora class ships, a Guided Missile corvette , which itself line of missile boats like Kukri,>veer>durg all K21 Missile vessel sqdn. Succession of a missile vessel sqdn by a Anti Sub platform?


Hopefully we will hear soon about the Missile Boats that IN has been looking for, that would be great addition to the fleet.