{"id":105342,"date":"2026-05-27T13:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=105342"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:21:56","slug":"ins-kolkata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-kolkata\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Kolkata"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>INS Kolkata Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INS Kolkata successfully responded to a suspected piracy threat involving merchant vessel MV Mashallah 1 in the Western Indian Ocean recently, preventing a possible hijacking attempt amid rising maritime security concerns in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About INS Kolkata<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the lead ship of the <\/span><b>indigenously designed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and constructed <\/span><b>Kolkata-class guided missile destroyers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Indian Navy.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Project 15A Kolkata-class destroyers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>follow-ons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the legendary<\/span><b> Project 15 \u2018Delhi\u2019-class destroyers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which entered service in the late 1990s.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conceived and <\/span><b>designed by the Indian Navy\u2019s Directorate of Naval Design<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the ships have been christened after major port cities of India, viz. <\/span><b>Kolkata, Kochi, and Chennai.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INS Kolkata was built by <\/span><b>Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>commissioned <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in August <\/span><b>2014<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>INS Kolkata <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It measures 164 meters in length and approximately 18 meters in width and has a full load displacement of 7400 tonnes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship has a <\/span><b>Combined Gas and Gas (COGAG) propulsion system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, consisting of four powerful <\/span><b>reversible gas turbines, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and can attain speeds in excess of 30 knots.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship\u2019s<\/span><b> electric power<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is provided by four gas turbine generators and one diesel alternator, which together produce 4.5 Mega-Watts of electrical power, enough to light up a small town.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship has a complement of 30 officers and 300 sailors.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is equipped with an array of gunnery and <\/span><b>Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) weapons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, medium-range and short-range guns, <\/span><b>anti-air and surface missiles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, air and surface surveillance radar, and <\/span><b>bow-mounted sonar.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship can be truly classified as a <\/span><b>&#8216;Network of Networks&#8217;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as it is equipped with sophisticated<\/span><b> digital networks, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">such as<\/span><b> ATM-based Integrated Ship Data Network (AISDN), Auxiliary Control System (ACS)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Automatic Power Management System (APMS), and Combat Management System (CMS).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship is capable of operating two<\/span><b> Seaking or Chetak helicopters.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/india\/ins-kolkata-foils-suspected-pirate-threat-near-merchant-vessel-in-western-indian-ocean-13932420.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>MC<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Kolkata is the lead ship of the indigenously designed and constructed Kolkata-class guided missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. 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