What is INS Kadmatt?

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About INS Kadmatt

It is an indigenous stealth anti-submarine warfare corvette.
It is the second of four anti-submarine warfare corvettes built for the Indian Navy by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers of Kolkata under Project 28.
It was commissioned into the Indian Navy in January 2016.
The ship was inducted into the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.
It has been named after the Kadmat Island of India’s Lakshadweep Islands.
The primary role of the INS Kadmatt is in anti-submarine warfare – to protect ships in convoys and ports from enemy submarine attacks.
Features:
- Length: 109 m (358 ft)
- Beam: 12.8 m (42 ft)
- Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
- Range: 3,450 mi (5,550 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
- Complement: 180 sailors and 13 officers
- The ship is fitted with state-of-the-art weapons, sensors, and machinery and is also designed to embark the Seaking anti-submarine helicopter.
- The ship also has on-board early warning, navigation, and fire control radars besides underwater sensors and integrated communication and electronic warfare systems.
- It produces low levels of radiated underwater noise, which reduces its chances of detection.
- It is equipped with anti-aircraft guns, torpedoes, and rocket launchers.

Q1) What is a torpedo?

A torpedo is essentially a guided missile that happens to “fly” underwater. A torpedo therefore has a propulsion system, a guidance system and some sort of explosive device.

Source: INS Kadmatt conducts underway replenishment with Japan’s JS Towada in North Pacific