INS Kolkata
History
India
NameKolkata
NamesakeKolkata
BuilderMazagon Dock Limited
Yard number701
Way numberD63
Laid downSeptember 2003
Launched30 March 2006
Acquired10 July 2014
Commissioned16 August 2014[1]
HomeportMumbai
Identification
Motto"Yudhay Sarvasannadh"(Sanskrit)"Always Prepared for Battle"[2]
Statusin active service
BadgeINS Kolkata crest
General characteristics
Class and typeKolkata-class destroyer
Displacement7,500 t (7,400 long tons; 8,300 short tons) full load[3][4][5]
Length163 m (535 ft)[6]
Beam17.4 m (57 ft)[6]
SpeedIn excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi)+
Complement300 (estd)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × Sea King or HAL Dhruv helicopters
Aviation facilitiesDual Enclosed hangar

INS Kolkata is the lead ship of the Kolkata-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. Named after the Indian city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), she was constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) and was handed over to the navy on 10 July 2014 after completing her sea trials. The ship was officially commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a ceremony held on 16 August 2014.[1][2]

Construction

The keel of Kolkata was laid down in September 2003 and she was launched on 30 March 2006.[6] Her commissioning was originally planned for 2010, but this was delayed to 16 August 2014 as a result of a series of project delays.[11][12] During her construction at MDL, she was given the designation Yard-701.[13]

Sea trials

The commissioning of Kolkata was delayed from 2010 to 2014 due to delays in her construction and technical problems which were found during her sea trials. The issue detected was the generation of additional noise, which occurred when the engine, gearbox and shaft were operated together, but which worked issue-free when run independently. The issues were fixed and the sea trials were completed by February 2014, when the ship returned to MDL to undergo minor work before delivery.[13][14][15]

2014 carbon dioxide leak

On 7 March 2014, during a complete check-up of the ship's machinery to fix the problems found during sea trials,[13] a naval officer was killed and several workers were injured when a valve on a CO2 bottle malfunctioned during a test of the vessel's carbon dioxide fire-fighting unit at the Mazagaon dockyard. For the test, fire-retarding carbon dioxide gas was to be released into a compartment; the test was part of the destroyer's delivery trials. Kolkata's engineering officer-designate, Commander Kuntal Wadhwa, inhaled a large amount of gas and was rushed to St George's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Two dockyard officials who also inhaled the gas were also taken to hospital for treatment.[16][17][18] MDL stated that the incident will not delay the scheduled commissioning of the ship.[13]

Weapon trials

INS Kolkata firing a Long Range Surface to Air Missile

As part of her pre-commissioning weapon trials at sea, Kolkata test-fired a BrahMos missile off Karwar's coast on 9 June 2014, and the test met all parameters.[19][20] On 15 February 2015, a BrahMos missile was test fired from INS Kolkata during the Tropex exercise in the Arabian Sea.[21][22]

On 29 December 2015 and 30 December 2015 the Indian Navy successfully test-fired the Barak 8 missile from INS Kolkata.[23][24] Two missiles were fired at high speed targets, during naval exercises being undertaken in the Arabian Sea.[25][26]

Service history

In December 2023, INS Kolkata was deployed to the Arabian Sea along with INS Kochi and INS Mormugao to protect commercial shipping after an attack on a tanker transporting oil from Saudi Arabia to Mangalore.[27]

Deployment Date Port Visited Commander Notes and References
2016
East Africa and the Southern Indian Ocean with frigate INS Trikand and fleet tanker INS Aditya 28-30 August Port Victoria, Seychelles Captain Rahul Vilas Gokhale[28] Enhance defence ties with the Seychelles People Defense Forces[29][30]
1-4 September Port Louis, Mauritius [31][32][33]
10-13 September Mombasa, Kenya [34][35]
20-23 September Durban, South Africa [36][37]

2023-24 Anti-piracy patrols

Against the backdrop of the increasing attacks on commercial ships transiting the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea by the end of ther 2023 , the Indian Navy on December 31 2023 said it had substantially enhanced maritime surveillance efforts in Central and North Arabian Sea and “augmented force levels” by primerly deploying the P-8I Neptune MPA and the SeaGuardian drones .[38] Following two merchant vessels, including MV Ruen and MV Chem Pluto which were targeted in the sea. MV Ruen was hijacked and currently, she is docked off the Somalia coast with the INS Kochi trailing her while MV Chem Pluto sustained drone hits eventually and making way to port , The Indian Navy deployed a large flotilla of destroyers to safeguard international security . The deployment into the Arabian Sea includes Navy’s missile destroyers, including INS Kolkata, INS Kochi, INS Mormugao, INS Chennai and INS Visakhapatnam,[39] virtually all of its modern destroyer force of its western fleet.The INS Kolkata is deployed on the mouth of the Red Sea, INS Kochi on the south of Yemen's Socotra Island, INS Mormugao in the west Arabian Sea with INS Chennai in the central Arabian Sea.

INS Visakhapatnam was also moved in a week later and was tasked to patrol the north Arabian Sea.[40]


See also

References

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