Indigenously-built stealth corvette INS Kavaratti commissioned into Indian Navy | India News

• The ship was designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation, Directorate of Naval Design(DND), and constructed by Backyard Attain Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata.

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• Navy officers stated the INS Kavaratti has a state-of-the-art weapons and sensor suite able to “detecting and prosecuting” submarines.

• Along with its anti-submarine warfare functionality, the ship additionally has a reputable self-defence functionality and good endurance for long-range deployments.

• Underneath Challenge 28, INS Kavaratti is the final of 4 indigenously constructed Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes.

• The ship has as much as 90 per cent indigenous content material and the usage of carbon composites for the superstructure is a commendable feat achieved in Indian shipbuilding,” the Indian Navy stated.

• The ship’s weapons and sensors suite is predominantly indigenous and showcases the nation’s rising functionality on this area of interest space.

• Kavaratti takes her identify from erstwhile INS Kavaratti which was an Arnala class missile corvette. The older Kavaratti distinguished herself by working in Bangladesh’s liberation warfare in 1971.