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INS Khanjar, INS Kora Open to Public in Kolkata for Navy Week Through Nov. 30

The port call aligns active Eastern Fleet deployments with Navy Week outreach at Kidderpore dock.

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.