INS Kirch (P62)

	300px INS Kirch (left) during SIMBEX 2011
History
Name:	INS Kirch
Builder:	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down:	31 January 1992
Launched:	5 October 1995
Commissioned:	22 January 2001
Identification:	Pennant number: P62
Status:	in active service, as of 2024
Badge:	INS Kirch crest
General characteristics
Class & 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 Kirch is a Kora-class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy.^[1]

Service history

History
300px INS Kirch (left) during SIMBEX 2011

Name:	INS Kirch
Builder:	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down:	31 January 1992
Launched:	5 October 1995
Commissioned:	22 January 2001
Identification:	Pennant number: P62
Status:	in active service, as of 2024^[update]
Badge:	INS Kirch crest
General characteristics
Class & 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