INS Kamorta -Navy’s Calcutta ‘baby’ on way

• The country's first indigenously built warship, an anti submarine warfare corvette 

• INS Kamorta is also the first naval warship built in the country with special grade high-tensile steel produced by public sector unit SAIL.
• Sensors and weapons mounted on the hull have been made by Indian public and private enterprises
• The P28 Kamorta, an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette built by the Calcutta-headquartered defence public sector unit Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE). 
• The Kamorta has taken eight years in the making since its keel was laid on November 20, 2006. It is 110m long and displaces about 3,400 tonnes with four diesel engines. It has a maximum speed of 25 knots. The ship carries an anti-submarine warfare helicopter. It will be manned by 13 officers and 176 sailors.

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