Puneet Varma (Editor)

INS Kuthar (P46)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
INS Kuthar

Commissioned
  
7 June 1990

Status
  
in active service

Length
  
91 m

Launched
  
15 April 1989

Draft
  
4.5 m

Builder
  
Mazagon Dock Limited

Laid down
  
13 September 1986

Identification
  
Pennant number P46

Class and type
  
Khukri-class corvette

Construction started
  
13 September 1986

Displacement
  
1.225 million kg

Beam
  
10 m

INS Kuthar (P46) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

INS Kuthar is a Khukri-class corvette, currently in service with the Indian Navy. It was designed by Indian naval architects and built at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai. INS Kuthar was part of Western Naval Command till 1998 later it moved to be part of Eastern Naval Command. It was damaged in a mishap that occurred on 15 July 2014. The mishap occurred after the naval ship returned to the port after completing a mission.

Contents

Maritime exercise

  • Kuthar was one of the six ships of Eastern Naval Command which was part of naval exercise in Bay of Bengal on the eve of Navy week celebrations in the year 2005.
  • Missile corvette Kuthar along with INS Satpura and INS Ranvijay represented the Indian Navy in the first ever Japan-India maritime exercise (JIMEX) which was held in the Bay of Bengal from 19 December to 22 December 2013.

    • Incidents

  • Sub Lieutenant Tejveer Singh died on Tuesday October 11, 2016 onboard INS Kuthar after he accidentally fired his 9mm pistol. Singh fired the round accidentally at around 1430 hours and was injured. He was then shifted to Naval Hospital INHS Kalyani in Visakhapatnam wherein he succumbed to his injuries.

    • References

    INS Kuthar (P46) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA