Khukri 1965
Kirpan 1985
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| कोरा [Kirpan] | F144, 1975- F44, 1978- 32 | A Stephen, Glasgow, UK | 5.11.1956 | 19.8.1958 | 7.1959 | Coast Guard 1978, stricken 1987 | |
| खंजर [Kuthar] | F146, 1975- F46, 1978- 31 | J S White, Cowes, UK | 19.9.1957 | 14.10.1958 | 11.1959 | Coast Guard 1978, stricken 1988 | |
| खुकरी [Khukri] | F149 | J S White, Cowes, UK | 29.12.1955 | 20.11.1956 | 16.7.1958 | sunk 9.12.1971 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1180 |
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Displacement full, t |
1535 |
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Length, m |
91.4 pp 94.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.7 |
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Draught, m |
4.70 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
F144: 1 set Stephen geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers F149, 146: 1 set White geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
15000 |
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Max speed, kts |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL |
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Electronic equipment |
type 974, type 291 radars, type 174, type 170, type 162 sonars |
|
Complement |
140 |
Project history: Simply modified British Type 14 (Blackwood class), without 533mm torpedoes.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Khukri was torpedoed and sunk by Pakistan submarine Hangor 9.12.1971 SW off Diu.
Khukri 1971
Kirpan 1978
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