Overview
- The two guided-missile corvettes are berthed at Kidderpore dock’s berth 11 and will be accessible to citizens until November 30.
- INS Khanjar and INS Kora remain on mission-based deployment in the Bay of Bengal as operational units of the Eastern Fleet.
- INS Khanjar is a P‑25 class corvette commissioned in 1991 and nicknamed the Grey Ferrari, with a record spanning combat, anti‑piracy and humanitarian missions across the Indo‑Pacific.
- INS Kora, the first of the P‑25A class commissioned in 1998, is named after the Gurkha sword and serves in surface warfare and air-defense roles.
- Both ships were built by Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, underscoring India’s indigenous warship production.