Anti-sub vessel INS Kavaratti set for launch next week

[#hydra#]

In sub hunting you can't track sub in high speed & if submarine launch the torpedo then ship would launch their anti ship decoys. It would be not as maneuverable & accelerate as high speed FACs.
Destroyers & Frigates which can cross 35 knots would also take same speed during sub hunting.

I am agreeing with you ,but the decoys may be a bad choice some times.if a requirement arise for run we have to run and clear the area as early as possible just like what INS Kripan did in 71 war.

 

[Manindra]

I am agreeing with you ,but the decoys may be a bad choice some times.if a requirement arise for run we have to run and clear the area as early as possible just like what INS Kripan did in 71 war.

You can some evasive maneuvers against obsolete torpedos but not against like Black Shark. INS Kirpan did evasive maneuvers but not in 25+ speed because its maximum speed was 27 knots which they can't accelerate instantly.
So, ideal choice would sail with cruising speed & track subs with the help of towed array sonar & helicopter mounted dunking sonar & eliminate them.
If they some how fire torpedo on ship then try to avoid with evasive maneuvers & decoys.

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

First pics of INS Kavaratti

INS Kavaratti: Must-know salient features of Indian Navy's new anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvette

 

[Hindustani78]

Smt. Manita Singh, wife of the Minister of State for Planning (Independent Charge) and Defence, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh performing pooja to launch the ‘Kavaratti’ - Fourth Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette of Project-28, at a glittering ceremony, at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata on May 19, 2015. The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral R.K. Dhowan and other dignitaries are also seen.

The Minister of State for Planning (Independent Charge) and Defence, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral R.K. Dhowan and other dignitaries, at the launching ceremony of the ‘Kavaratti’ - Fourth Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette of Project-28, at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata on May 19, 2015.

The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral R.K. Dhowan addressing at the launch of the ‘Kavaratti’ - Fourth Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette of Project-28, at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata on May 19, 2015.

The Minister of State for Planning (Independent Charge) and Defence, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh addressing at the launch of the ‘Kavaratti’ - Fourth Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette of Project-28, at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata on May 19, 2015.

 

[Hindustani78]

A priest performs prayers during launch of Anti Submarine Warfare(ASW) Corvette in Kolkata.

 

[Hindustani78]

INS Kavaratti
19 May, 2015
Economictimes.com

Adding to a series of recent developments in India's defence preparedness, Indian Navy's latest anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvette, the INS Kavaratti has been launched.

We take a look at some of the salient features of the corvette:

Propelled by four diesel engines
19 May, 2015
The ship is propelled by four diesel engines to achieve speeds in excess of 25 knots and has an endurance of more than 3,400 nautical miles.

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Built for India under Project 28
19 May, 2015
Kavaratti is the last of the four anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvettes being built for India under Project 28.

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Displacement
19 May, 2015
The corvette, with a displacement of 3,300 tonnes, has a length of 109.1 metres and measures 13.7-m at beam.

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Features
19 May, 2015
Kavaratti, like its predecessors also boasts of 'firsts', such as rail-less Helo Traversing System, Foldable Hangar door.

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Features
19 May, 2015
Kavaratti has a common raft mounted gear box and diesel engines, which give the ship very low radiated underwater noise, claims Ministry of Defence.

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Indigenous
19 May, 2015
About 90% of Kavaratti is indigenous and the ship is 'well equipped' to fight in nuclear, chemical and biological warfare conditions.

Kavaratti's weapons and sensors suite is predominantly indigenous.

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Cost
19 May, 2015
Designed by the Directorate of Naval Design and built by Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers, the contract for the construction of four P28 ships was signed in June, 2012, with the project priced at Rs 7,800 crore.

(With inputs from PTI)

Image by Ministry of Defence