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Veer-class corvette
INS Nirbhik
Class overview
Name: Veer class
Builders: Mazagon Dock Limited
Goa Shipyard Limited
Operators:  Indian Navy
Planned: 15
Completed: 13
Cancelled: 2
Active: 7
Lost: 1
Retired: 5
Preserved: 1
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 455 tons[1]
Length: 56 meters
Beam: 10.5 meters
Draught: 2.5 meters
Speed: 32 knots
Complement: 41 (incl 5 officers)
Armament:

The Veer class corvettes of the Indian Navy are a customized Indian variant of the Soviet Tarantul class.[1][2] They form the 22nd Killer Missile Vessel Squadron.[3]

Service history[]

Eight vessels of this class inherit their names from the illustrious 25th Killer missile boat squadron, which attacked and sunk 2 destroyers, a minesweeper and various other support vessels off Karachi during Operation Trident and Operation Python of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

The last two vessels of this class were built as the upgraded Tarantul V with 16 SS-N-25 'Switchblade' / URAN E Missiles, 1 OTO Melara 76 mm instead of the AK-176, and MR 352 Positiv-E (NATO: Cross Dome) Radar.

On 28 April 2016, INS Veer and INS Nipat were the first Veer-class corvettes to be decommissioned from the Indian Navy.[4]

Ships of the class[]

Name Pennant Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Homeport Decommissioned Status
INS Veer K40 Volodarski, Rybinsk 1984 October 1986 26 March 1987 Mumbai 28 April 2016 Decommissioned
INS Nirbhik K41 Volodarski, Rybinsk 1985 October 1987 21 December 1987 Mumbai 11 January 2018 Decommissioned
INS Nipat K42 Volodarski, Rybinsk 1986 November 1988 5 December 1988 Port Blair 28 April 2016 Decommissioned
INS Nishank K43 Volodarski, Rybinsk 1987 June 1989 2 September 1989 Kochi 3 June 2022 Decommissioned, preserved at NHMC, Lothal, India
INS Nirghat K44 Volodarski, Rybinsk 1988 March 1990 4 June 1990 Mumbai 11 January 2018 Decommissioned
INS Vibhuti K45 Mazagon Dock Limited 28 September 1987 26 April 1990 3 June 1991 Mumbai Active
INS Vipul K46 Mazagon Dock Limited 29 February 1988 3 January 1991 16 March 1992 Mumbai Active
INS Vinash K47 Goa Shipyard Limited 30 January 1989 24 January 1992 20 November 1993 Mumbai Active
INS Vidyut K48 Goa Shipyard Limited 27 May 1990 12 December 1992 16 January 1995 Mumbai Active
INS Nashak K83 Mazagon Dock Limited 21 January 1991 12 November 1993 29 December 1994 Mumbai Active
INS Prahar K98 Goa Shipyard Limited 28 August 1992 26 August 1995 1 March 1997 Mumbai Sunk in collision on 22 April 2006
INS Prabal K92 Mazagon Dock Limited 31 August 1998 28 September 2000 11 April 2002 Mumbai Active
INS Pralaya K91 Goa Shipyard Limited 14 November 1998 14 December 2000 18 December 2002 Mumbai Active

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Indian Naval Ships-Corvettes-Veer Class
  2. ↑ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/p-veer.htm
  3. ↑ Indian Navy Celebrates `Killers Nite'
  4. ↑ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indian-naval-ships-veer-nipat-decommissioned/articleshow/52033464.cms?from=mdr


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