INS Kora (P61)

INS Kora entering Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
History
India
Name	INS Kora
Namesake	"Sword"
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down	10 January 1990
Launched	23 September 1992
Commissioned	10 August 1998
Identification	Pennant number: P61
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Kora-class corvette
Displacement	1,400 tons full load
Length	91.1 m (299 ft)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught	4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion	2 diesel motors with 14,400 hp 2 shafts
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range	4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	134 (incl 14 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	1 × MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar Bharat 1245 navigation radar Bharat Vympel IPN-10 combat data system
Armament	16 × Kh-35 Uran-E SSM 2 × Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM 1 × 76.2mm AK–176M gun 2 × 30mm AK-630 guns
Aircraft carried	1 HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv helicopter

INS Kora is the lead ship of the Kora-Class of 1,350-tonne guided missile Corvettes in active service with the Indian Navy.[1] The vessel was built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) and outfitted at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).

She is equipped with 3M-24 Anti-Ship Missiles as a primary weapon, with two Strela-2M Anti-Air Missiles as defensive weapons.[2]

History

Kora was on a goodwill visit to Singapore in 2001.[2]

On 31 October 2014, Kora was in collision with the cargo ship MV Madeleine Rickmers in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Vishakhapatnam.[3] INS Kora participated in the 2015 SLINEX training exercises from 27 October to 1 November.[4] Kora took part in LIMA in 2017.

The ship has taken part extensively in various exercises in the South China Sea. She and INS Ranvijay, a Rajput class destroyer, participated in bilateral exercises with Vietnam Navy and Philippine Navy in 2021.[5][6] A frigate from Philippines BRP Antonio Luna (FF 151) took part in the exercise.[7]

References

1. "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2009.
2. "Project 25A Kora Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
3. Hancock, Paul (31 October 2014). "INS KORA DAMAGED". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
4. "Exercise SLINEX-15 - Navy Ships enter Trincomalee | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
5. Sharma, Ravi (19 August 2021). "India and Vietnam conduct joint 'sea phase' naval exercise in the South China Sea". Frontline. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
6. Abhishek Bhalla (24 August 2021). "Indian Navy's INS Ranvijay, INS Kora carry out maritime exercise with Philippines". India Today. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
7. "Naval drills between BRP Antonio Luna Philippine frigate and Indian Navy". Navy Recognition. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.