INS Abhay (1989)

For other ships with the same name, see INS Abhay.

History
NameINS Abhay
Commissioned10 March 1989
Decommissioned6 October 2025
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class & typeAbhay class corvette
Displacement485 tons full load
Length56.0 m (183.7 ft)
Beam10.2 m (33 ft)
Draft3.3 m (11 ft)
Propulsion2 diesel motors with 16,184 hp and 2 shafts (Another report says 4 engines)
Speed28 knots (52 km/h), (32 knots according to Jane's)
Range2,400 mi (3,900 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement97 (incl. 7 officers), (Jane's lists 32, with 6 officers)
Sensors &
processing systems
  • 1 × MR 352 Pozitiv-E search radar
  • 1 × Pechora navigation radar
  • 1 × Rat Tail VDS sonar
Armament
  • 1 × quad Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM
  • 1 × AK-176 76mm gun
  • 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes, SET-65E anti-submarine torpedoes
  • 2 × RBU-1200 five-tubed Anti-submarine warfare rocket launchers

INS Abhay (P33) ("Fearless")[1] was the lead ship of her class of anti-submarine warfare corvettes, which were in service with the Indian Navy.

Abhay is Sanskrit for fearless. The ship was commissioned on 10 March 1989[2] at Poti, Georgia in the erstwhile USSR.[3]

INS Abhay, as per earlier confirmation,[4] was decommissioned on 6 October 2025 during sunset along with INFAC T-82, a Super Dvora Mk II-class patrol boat. This marked the end of active service of the Abhay class of ships with the Indian Navy. Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command (FOCINC WNC), was the chief guest of the ceremony, hosted at the Naval Dockyard (Mumbai), while attendees included the commissioning crew of the vessels, former Commanding Officers and senior dignitaries.[3][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "अभय". 29 March 2023 – via Wiktionary.
  2. ^ Abhay (Pauk II) class Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine – Bharat-Rakshak. Retrieved on 2009-04-18
  3. ^ a b "INS Abhay and INFAC T-82 decommissioned" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 7 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  4. ^ @IN_HQMNA (2 October 2025). "The legacy of #INSAbhay and #INFACT82 — two sentinels of the ⁦@IN_WNC⁩ who have protected Maharashtra's coast for nearly three decades — is coming to an end" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  5. ^ "Decommissioning ceremony of INS Abhay and INFAC T-82" (Press release). Indian Navy. 7 October 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  6. ^ Bahtić, Fatima (10 October 2025). "Indian Navy decommissions two naval ships after 30+ years of service". Naval Today. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
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