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.

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

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

References

edit
  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