Fast Attack Craft to be commissioned in Indian Navy in a month

NAVY


Kochi, Sept 21 (PTI) The indigenously built Fast Attack
Craft (FAC), 'Kalpeni', is expected to be commissioned in the
Indian Navy in a month, Naval sources said Tuesday.
The vessel built at the Garden Reach Ship Builders and
Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, the capital of east Indian state
of West Bengal arrived here, on Monday.
'Kalpeni' can be used mainly for search and rescue
operations, Naval patrol duties, detection and destruction of
fast moving craft and other targets, the sources at the
Southern Naval Command here said. It can also be used for
anti-smuggling operations.
The ship, which has four officers and 40 sailors, is
fitted with 30 mm CRN 91 gun built by the Ordnance Factory,
Medak along with light, medium and heavy machine guns.
Weighing 320 tonnes, the ship is 52 metre long. Kalpeni
belongs to the Car Nicobar class in the FAC series and is the
seventh vessel among the 10 similar ships of the same class.
Two similar vessels - INS Cankarso and INS Kondul - were
recently commissioned in the Navy at Vishakapatnam.
Nathan said the new vessel with its high speed and high
manoeuvrability and ability to be in the outer sea for a long
time will contribute to the coastal security efforts of the
Navy. PTI UD
MRD


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