INS Khanjar (P47)
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| History |
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| Name: |
INS Khanjar |
| Builder: |
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
| Laid down: |
15 November 1985 |
| Launched: |
16 August 1988 |
| Commissioned: |
22 October 1991 |
| Identification: |
Pennant number: P47 |
| Status: |
in active service |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Khukri-class corvette |
| Displacement: |
1350 tons (full load) |
| Length: |
91.1 metres |
| Beam: |
10.5 metres |
| Draught: |
4.5 metres |
| Propulsion: |
- 2 diesel engines with 14,400hp
- 2 shafts
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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) |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
- MR 352 Pozitiv-E radar
- Garpun-Bal radar
- Bharat 1245 navigation radar
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| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: |
1 helicopter (HAL Chetak) |
INS Khanjar is a Khukri-class corvette, currently in service with the Indian Navy.[1]
Mock drill
On 30 November 2002 on the high seas off the coast of Vizhinjam. Mock attack drill was being staged such as Khanjar was targeting INS Jamuna, a hydrographic survey vessel carrying media persons and VIPs, including Air Vice Marshal R. D. Limaye of the Southern Air Command. This was part of the Navy Week celebrations.[2]
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