INS Kadmatt (P29)
INS Kadmatt at Langkawi, Malaysia in LIMA 2019 | |
| History | |
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| India | |
| Name | INS Kadmatt |
| Namesake | Kadmat Island |
| Builder | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
| Launched | 25 October 2011 |
| Acquired | 26 November 2015 |
| Commissioned | 7 January 2016 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kamorta class corvette |
| Displacement | 3,000 t (3,300 short tons) |
| Length | 109 m (358 ft) |
| Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range | 3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement | 123 (17 officers) |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Westland Sea King Mk.42B Or HAL Dhruv |
| Aviation facilities | Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door |
INS Kadmatt (P29) is the second of four anti-submarine warfare corvettes built for the Indian Navy by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, of Kolkata, under Project 28. She was inducted into the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.
INS Kadmatt has been named after Kadmat Island in India's Lakshadweep Islands, and carries on the legacy of her predecessor INS Kadmatt (P 78), which served the Navy for 24 years, from 23 December 1968 to 30 November 1992.