INS Kavaratti, Indian Navy’s latest anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvette was launched on 19 May 2015 in Kolkata. Kavaratti is the last of the four anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvettes being built for India under Project 28.
Features of INS Kavaratti
- Weight: 3,300-tonne
- Length: 109.1 metres
- Measures 13.7-m at beam.
- pushed by four diesel engines and can reach a speed of over 25 knots.
- It has an endurance of more than 3,400 nautical miles.
- It is 90 percent indigenous, adding feather to the cap of the domestic manufacturing for the Indian Naval forces.
- Equipped with an X-shaped hull, full beam superstructure, inclined ship sides and an Infra-Red Signature Suppression (IRSS) system increase the stealth feature of the ship.
- It has a Total Atmospheric Control System (TACS) making it capable fight in nuclear, chemical and biological warfare conditions.
- Designed by the Directorate of Naval Design and built by Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers (GRSE) under Project-28.
About Project-28:
- Under this project four anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvettes were to build.
- Kavaratti is the last one.
- Others are INS Kamrota, Kadmatt and Kiltan.
- INS Kamrota was delivered and commissioned in the Indian navy in 2014.
- INS Kadmatt and Kitan are expected to be delivered between 2015 and 2017.
