INS Hosdurg (K73)

	Model of INS Hosdurg (K73), on display at Visakha Museum
History
India
Name	INS Hosdurg
Namesake	Hosdurg Fort
Commissioned	15 January 1978
Decommissioned	5 June 1999
Fate	Sunk in June 2000, in a Sea Eagle test
General characteristics
Class and type	Durg class corvette
Displacement	670 tons (full load)
Length	59 meters
Beam	12.5 meters
Draught	2.5 meters
Speed	32 knots
Complement	42 (incl 7 officers)
Armament	4 × SS-N-2C Anti-Ship Missile; 1 × OSA-M (SA-N-4) Surface to air missile; 2 × 57 millimetres (2.2 in) guns;

INS Hosdurg (K73) was the third ship of the Durg class corvettes of the Indian Navy. The ship was commissioned on 15 January 1978 and decommissioned on 5 June 1999. The ship was named after Hosdurg Fort, a fort in Kerala. It was built at Leningrad, Russia. ^[1]

Decommissioning[edit]

The Hosdurg was decommissioned on 5 June 1999. In June 2000, she was sunk in a test of a long-range Sea Eagle Anti-Ship Missile fired by a Jaguar of the Indian Air Force.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Nanuchka II Class (Durg)". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

[Nanuchka_II_Class_(Durg)-1] "Nanuchka II Class (Durg)". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2019.

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