Kora-class corvette
INS Kulish (P63) during Exercise Malabar 2012 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kora class |
| Builders | GRSE |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Khukri class |
| Succeeded by | Kamorta class |
| Cost | |
| Completed | 5 |
| Active | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Guided missile corvette |
| Displacement | 1,460 short tons (1,320 t) (full load) |
| Length | 91.1 m (299 ft) |
| Beam | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Draught | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × SEMT Pielstick/Kirloskar 18 PA6V 280 diesel engines (14,400 PS; 10,600 kW); 2 shafts |
| Speed | 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 134 including 14 officers |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × HAL Dhruv or HAL Chetak |
Kora-class corvettes, also known as Project 25A, are guided missile corvettes, in active service with the Indian Navy and the National Coast Guard of Mauritius. Four vessels were built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) and outfitted at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).