INS Khanjar (P47)

INS Khanjar is a Khukri-class corvette, currently in service with the Indian Navy.[1]

For Iranian naval vessel of the same name, see IRIS Khanjar (P230).

History
Name:	INS Khanjar
Builder:	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down:	15 November 1985
Launched:	16 August 1988
Commissioned:	22 October 1991
Identification:	Pennant number: P47
Status:	in active service
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Khukri-class corvette
Displacement:	1350 tons (full load)
Length:	91.1 metres
Beam:	10.5 metres
Draught:	4.5 metres
Propulsion:	2 diesel engines with 14,400hp 2 shafts
Speed:	25 knots (50 km/h)
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement:	79 (incl. 10 officers)
Sensors and processing systems:	MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar Garpun-Bal radar Bharat 1245 navigation radar
Armament:	4 × P-20M (SS-N-2D) AShMs 2 × Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM 1 × AK–176 76mm gun 2 × 30mm AK-630 guns
Aircraft carried:	1 helicopter (HAL Chetak)

Mock drill

On 30 November 2002 on the high seas off the coast of Vizhinjam. Mock attack drill was being staged such as Khanjar was targeting INS Jamuna, a hydrographic survey vessel carrying media persons and VIPs, including Air Vice Marshal R. D. Limaye of the Southern Air Command. This was part of the Navy Week celebrations.[2]

References

1. "Naval ships on display". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 21 November 2012.
2. "INS Khanjar bares its teeth". The Hindu. 1 December 2002.