INS Kolkata

INS Kolkata is the lead ship of the Kolkata-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. 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]

INS Kolkata (D63) during Malabar 2020 naval exercise.
History
India
Name: Kolkata
Namesake: Kolkata
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited
Yard number: 701
Way number: D63
Laid down: September 2003
Launched: 30 March 2006
Acquired: 10 July 2014
Commissioned: 16 August 2014[1]
Homeport: Mumbai
Identification:
Motto: "Yudhay Sarvasannadh"(Sanskrit)"Always Prepared for Battle"[2]
Status: in active service
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Kolkata-class destroyer
Displacement: 7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons) full load[3][4][5]
Length: 163 m (535 ft)[6]
Beam: 17.4 m (57 ft)[6]
Speed: In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi)+
Complement: 250 (estd)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA multi-function radar[7]
  • Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar[8]
  • BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar
  • BEL Nagin active towed array sonar[9]
  • BEL Electronic Modular Command & Control Applications (EMCCA Mk4) combat management system[7]
Armament:
  • Anti-air missiles:
  • 4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32;[10]
  • Barak 8 missiles (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 90 km (56 mi)[11])
  • Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
  • 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack missiles
  • Guns:
  • 1 × 76 mm gun Oto Melara SRGM [12]
  • 4 × AK-630 CIWS
  • Anti-submarine warfare:
  • 4 × Mark 46 torpedo Torpedo tubes
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rockets
Aviation facilities:

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.[13][14] During her construction at MDL, she was given the designation Yard-701.[15]

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 generation of additional noise, which occurred when the engine, gear box and the 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.[15][16][17]

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,[15] 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.[18][19][20] MDL stated that the incident will not delay the scheduled commissioning of the ship.[15]

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.[21][22] On 15 February 2015, BrahMos missile was on test fired from INS Kolkata during the Tropex exercise in the Arabian Sea.[23][24]

On 29 December 2015 and 30 December 2015 the Indian Navy successfully test-fired the Barak 8 missile from INS Kolkata.[25][26] Two missiles were fired at high speed targets, during naval exercises being undertaken in the Arabian Sea.[27][28]

Service history
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[29] Enhance defence ties with the Seychelles People Defense Forces[30][31]
1-4 September Port Louis, Mauritius [32][33][34]
10-13 September Mombasa, Kenya [35][36]
20-23 September Durban, South Africa [37][38]

See also

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