INS Hosdurg (K73)

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]

Model of INS Hosdurg (K73), on display at Visakha Museum
History
Indian Navy
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

Decommissioning

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

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