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INS Abhay (P33)

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History
NameINS Abhay
Commissioned10 March 1989
StatusIn Active Service
General characteristics
Class and typeAbhay class corvette
Displacement485 tons full load
Length56.0 m (183.7 ft)
Beam10.2 m (33 ft)
Draft3.3 m (11 ft)
Propulsion2 diesel motors with 16,184 hp and 2 shafts (Another report says 4 engines)
Speed28 knots (52 km/h), (32 knots according to Jane's)
Range2,400 mi (3,900 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement97 (incl. 7 officers), (Jane's lists 32, with 6 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × MR 352 Pozitiv-E search radar
  • 1 × Pechora navigation radar
  • 1 × Rat Tail VDS sonar
Armament
  • 1 × quad Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM
  • 1 × AK-176 76mm gun
  • 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes, SET-65E anti-submarine torpedoes
  • 2 × RBU-1200 five-tubed Anti-submarine warfare rocket launchers

INS Abhay (P33) ("Fearless")[1] is the lead ship of her class of anti-submarine warfare corvettes, which are in service with the Indian Navy.

Abhay is Sanskrit for fearless. The ship was commissioned on 10 March 1989.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "अभय". 29 March 2023 – via Wiktionary.
  2. ^ Abhay (Pauk II) class Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine – Bharat-Rakshak. Retrieved on 2009-04-18