{"id":100444,"date":"2026-04-27T12:34:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=100444"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:42:18","slug":"ins-kalpeni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-kalpeni\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Kalpeni"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>INS Kalpeni Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Indian Navy fast attack craft, INS Kalpeni, recently arrived at Gan in the Addu Atoll, marking a significant step in the ongoing maritime engagement between India and the Maldives.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About INS Kalpeni<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>fast attack craft <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the <\/span><b>Indian Navy.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to a <\/span><b>series of 10 Fleet Car Nicobar class Waterjet Fast Attack Craft (FAC) built <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the <\/span><b>Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the Indian Navy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>commissioned <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into the Indian Navy on October 14, <\/span><b>2010<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship is <\/span><b>named after <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kalpeni-island\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kalpeni Island<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>Lakshadweep <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">group of islands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship is <\/span><b>based at Kochi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under the<\/span><b> Southern Naval Command<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the <\/span><b>primary role<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>Coastal Surveillance and Defence.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It specialises in <\/span><b>anti-smuggling, Vessel Boarding Search &amp; Seizure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as <\/span><b>Search &amp; Rescue operations.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Armaments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main armament of the ship is 30 mm CRN 91 Gun with an Optronic Pedestal Sight as its Director.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition the 49-metre-longship has been fitted with 11 Machine guns of various types and shoulder launched IGLA Surface to Air Missiles to neutralise aerial threats.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/sea-diplomacy-indian-navy-ships-dock-in-maldives-addu-atoll-make-port-call-at-canary-islands\/articleshow\/130522751.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Kalpeni is a fast attack craft of the Indian Navy. 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