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INS Khanjar (P47)

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Name
  
INS Khanjar

Commissioned
  
22 October 1991

Status
  
in active service

Construction started
  
15 November 1985

Length
  
91 m

Draft
  
4.5 m

Laid down
  
15 November 1985

Identification
  
Pennant number P47

Class and type
  
Khukri-class corvette

Launched
  
16 August 1988

Displacement
  
1.225 million kg

Beam
  
10 m

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Builder
  
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers

INS Khanjar is a Khukri-class corvette, currently in service with the Indian Navy.

Mock drill

On 30 November 2002 on the high seas off the coast of Vizhinjam. Mock attack drill was being staged such as Khanjar was targeting INS Jamuna, a hydrographic survey vessel carrying media persons and VIPs, including Air Vice Marshal R. D. Limaye of the Southern Air Command. This was part of the Navy Week celebrations.

References

INS Khanjar (P47) Wikipedia