INS Kuthar (P46)
INS Kuthar | |
| History | |
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| Name | INS Kuthar |
| Namesake | "Battle axe" |
| Builder | Mazagon Dock Limited |
| Laid down | 13 September 1986 |
| Launched | 15 April 1989 |
| Commissioned | 7 June 1990 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Khukri-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1350 tons (full load) |
| Length | 91.1 metres |
| Beam | 10.5 metres |
| Draught | 4.5 metres |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 25 knots (50 km/h) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement | 79 (incl. 10 officers) |
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| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | 1 helicopter (HAL Chetak) |
INS Kuthar (P46) is a Khukri-class corvette, currently in service with the Indian Navy. It was designed by Indian naval architects and built at the Mazagon Dock in Mumbai. INS Kuthar was part of Western Naval Command till 1998 later it moved to be part of Eastern Naval Command. It was damaged in a mishap that occurred on 15 July 2014. The mishap occurred after the naval ship returned to its base in the Andaman and Nicobar Command in rough weather after completing a mission.