INS Kiltan

History


Name:	INS Kiltan
Namesake:	Kiltan Island
Builder:	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Laid down:	10 August 2010
Launched:	26 March 2013
General characteristics
Class and type:	Kamorta-class corvette
Displacement:	3,000 tonnes (3,307 short tons)
Length:	109 m (358 ft)
Beam:	12.8 m (42 ft)
Propulsion:	4 diesel motors
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range:	3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	123 (incl 17 officers)
Sensors and processing systems:	Revati Central Acquisition Radar EL/M-2221 STGR fire-control radar BEL Shikari BEL RAWL02 (Signaal LW08) antenna communication grid - Gigabit Ethernet-based integrated ship borne data network, with a fiber optic cable backbone running through the vessel HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) Bomber Electronic warfare (EW) suites - BEL Ajanta
Electronic warfare & decoys:	DESEAVER MK
Armament:	Anti-air missiles: 1 X 76.2 mm Oto SRGM 8 x 3M54 Klub 2 x AK-630M CIWS Anti-submarine warfare: 2 X RBU-6000 (IRL) anti-submarine rocket launcher 16x Barak SAM 2x3 Torpedo tubes^[1]

INS Kiltan (P30) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the third of four Kamorta-class corvettes under various stages of induction with the Indian Navy. The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, and launched on 26 March 2013. Kiltan represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts at indigenisation with as much as 90% of its content drawn from India itself.^[2]^[3]

History

The keel of Kiltan was laid in August 2010 and it was launched in Kolkata on 26 March 2013 by Chitra Joshi, wife of Admiral D. K. Joshi, the Chief of Naval Staff. The ship cost an estimated ₹1,700 crores.^[4]^[5] The ship takes its name from the Kiltan Island, a coral island that is part of India's archipelagic Union Territory of Lakshadweep.^[6] It is the successor ship to the INS Kiltan, which was an Arnala-class corvette which participated in Operation Trident, and was later decommissioned in 1987.^[7]

Design

Kiltan has been designed by the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design as part of Project 28.^[2] It is capable of fighting under nuclear, biological and chemical environments. It will be a frontline warship of the Indian Navy with advanced stealth features and a low radar signature that enhances its anti-submarine warfare capability. The ship will have a complement of 17 officers and 106 sailors.^[4]

Features

Kiltan is India's first ship to have a superstructure of carbon fibre composite material that has been integrated with its main hull resulting in lower top weight and maintenance costs and improved stealth features. The ship is 109 metres long and 12.8 metres (357.6 ft long and 42.0 ft) broad and is highly maneuverable with a top speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph).^[2] It has a displacement of 3000 tonnes and a range of about 3,450 nautical miles (6,390 km; 3,970 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). It is powered by 4 diesel engines that generate a combined power of 3,000 kW (4,000 hp) and propelled by a main unit of four 3,888 kW diesel engines at 1,050 rpm.^[4]^[8]

Kiltan is to be armed with a range of indigenously developed cutting-edge weapons and sensors including "a medium-range gun, torpedo tube launchers, rocket launchers and a close-in weapon system".^[2] The ship will also contain an integrated communication system and an electronic warfare system.^[8]

References

↑ "Stealth ASW Corvette INS Kiltan launched in Kolkata". PakistanDefence (web: defence.pk). 26 March 2013.
1 2 3 4 "Third anti-submarine warfare corvette launched in Kolkata". The Hindu. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
↑ "India needs vibrant warship building industry". The Statesman. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
1 2 3 "Anti-submarine warfare ship launched". The Deccan Herald. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
↑ "INS Kiltan launched". Times of India. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
↑ "Anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kiltan". Economic Times. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
↑ "INS Kiltan reborn". Times of India. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
1 2 "Anti Submarine Warfare Corvette". Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers. Retrieved 28 March 2013.

Kamorta-class corvettes

Kamorta Kadmatt Kiltan Kavaratti

Preceded by: Kora class Followed by: Abhay class replacement

List of corvettes of the Indian Navy

Ship classes of the Indian Navy

Attack	Charlie ⁺ Akula-II Indian SSN ^*

Ballistic Missile	Arihant ^*

Conventional submarines

Midget submarines

Indian Navy Swimmer Delivery Vehicle ^*

Amphibious warfare ships

Research and survey vessels

Patrol craft

Minesweeper

Pondicherry

⁺ Decommissioned
^* Under construction/procurement
^** Proposed/Design phase
List of active Indian Navy ships
Submarines of the Indian Navy
List of ships of the Indian Navy

Corvettes of the Indian Navy

Commissioned ships

Kamorta class	Kamorta (P28) Kadmatt (P29)

Kora class	Kora Kirch Kulish Karmuk

Khukri class	Khukri Kuthar Kirpan Khanjar

Abhay class	Abhay Ajay Akshay Agray

Veer class	Nirbhik Nishank Nirghat Vibhuti Vipul Vinash Vidyut Nashak Prabal Pralaya

De-commissioned ships

Corvettes

Flower class	HMIS Gondwana HMIS Sind HMIS Mahratta HMIS Assam

Bathurst class	HMIS Punjab HMIS Bombay^{[lower-alpha 1]} HMIS Bengal^{[lower-alpha 2]} HMIS Madras^{[lower-alpha 3]}

Arnala class	Arnala Androth Anjadip Andaman Amini Kamorta (P77) Kadmatt (P78) Kiltan (P79) Kavaratti (P80) Katchall Amindivi

Durg class	Vijaydurg Sindhudurg Prahar

Veer class	Veer Nipat

Anti-Submarine Naval Trawlers
(aka corvettes)

Basset class	HMIS Agra HMIS Ahmedabad HMIS Amritsar HMIS Baroda HMIS Berar HMIS Calcutta HMIS Cochin HMIS Cuttack HMIS Karachi HMIS Lahore HMIS Lucknow HMIS Madura HMIS Multan HMIS Nagpur HMIS Nasik HMIS Patna HMIS Peshawar HMIS Poona HMIS Quetta HMIS Rampur HMIS Shillong HMIS Travancore

Future ships

Kamorta class	Kiltan (P30) Kavaratti (P31)

Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) corvettes	16 vessels are ordered for the Indian Navy from Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata. They are in the 700 ton range and will replace the Abhay-class vessels currently in service.

Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMVs)	6 vessels planned with about 2000-2500 ton range.

Footnotes

↑ Renamed as INS Bombay post republic.
↑ Renamed as INS Bengal post republic.
↑ Renamed as INS Madras post republic.

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