Abhay-class corvette

Class overview
Name:	Abhay class
Operators:	Indian Navy
Preceded by:	Arnala class
Succeeded by:	Kamorta class
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Active:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	485 tons
Length:	57.6 m (189 ft)
Beam:	10.2 m (33 ft)
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement:	32 (includes 6 officers)
Armament:	1 × quad Strela-2M (SA-N-5) SAM 1 × AK-76/60 76mm gun 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes, SET-65E anti-submarine torpedoes 2 × RBU 1200 five-tubed

The Abhay-class corvettes of the Indian Navy are customized variants of the Soviet Pauk-class corvettes. The class is primarily intended for coastal patrol and anti-submarine warfare.

Four vessels of the class currently serve in the Indian Navy.

Ships of the class

Name	Pennant	Builder	Homeport	Commissioned	Status
Abhay	P33		Mumbai	10 March 1989	Active
Ajay	P34		Mumbai	24 January 1990	Active
Akshay	P35		Mumbai	January 1991	Active
Agray	P36		Mumbai	February 1991	Active

GRSE successfully re-engined the first of three 57 m (187 ft) long 589-tonne Project 1241.2 Molniya-2 ASW corvettes (INS Abhay, INS Ajay and INS Akshay) of the Indian Navy. Sea trials of the re-engined INS Abhay have been successfully completed, with work involving the replacement of Russian-made M504 radial engines with high-power-to-weight MTU-1163 engines. Work began to procure through competitive tendering for three sets of ultra-low-frequency towed-array sonars (from either ATLAS Elektronik of Germany or US-based L-3 Communications/Ocean Systems) for installation on board these three corvettes.

The Ministry of Defense cleared acquisition of 16 shallow water anti-submarine vessels to replace the Abhay class of vessels.

See also

• List of active Indian Navy ships