Abhay-class corvette
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| Class overview |
| Name: |
Abhay class |
| Operators: |
 Indian Navy |
| Preceded by: |
Arnala class |
| Succeeded by: |
Kamorta class |
| Planned: |
4 |
| Completed: |
4 |
| Active: |
4 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Corvette |
| Displacement: |
485 tons |
| Length: |
57.6 m (189 ft) |
| Beam: |
10.2 m (33 ft) |
| Speed: |
32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Complement: |
32 (includes 6 officers) |
| Armament: |
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The Abhay-class corvettes of the Indian Navy are customized variants of the Soviet Pauk-class corvettes. The class is primarily intended for coastal patrol and anti-submarine warfare.
Four vessels of the class currently serve in the Indian Navy.[1]
Ships of the class
GRSE successfully re-engined the first of three 57 m (187 ft) long 589-tonne Project 1241.2 Molniya-2 ASW corvettes (INS Abhay, INS Ajay and INS Akshay) of the Indian Navy. Sea trials of the re-engined INS Abhay have been successfully completed, with work involving the replacement of Russian-made M504 radial engines with high-power-to-weight MTU-1163 engines. Work began to procure through competitive tendering for three sets of ultra-low-frequency towed-array sonars (from either ATLAS Elektronik of Germany or US-based L-3 Communications/Ocean Systems) for installation on board these three corvettes.
The Ministry of Defense cleared acquisition of 16 shallow water anti-submarine vessels to replace the Abhay class of vessels.[2]
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