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Khukri 1971

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
कोरा [Kirpan]	F144, 1975- F44, 1978- 32		A Stephen, Glasgow, UK	5.11.1956	19.8.1958	7.1959	Coast Guard 1978, stricken 1987
खंजर [Kuthar]	F146, 1975- F46, 1978- 31		J S White, Cowes, UK	19.9.1957	14.10.1958	11.1959	Coast Guard 1978, stricken 1988
खुकरी [Khukri]	F149		J S White, Cowes, UK	29.12.1955	20.11.1956	16.7.1958	sunk 9.12.1971

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1180
Displacement full, t	1535
Length, m	91.4 pp 94.5 oa
Breadth, m	10.7
Draught, m	4.70 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	F144: 1 set Stephen geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers F149, 146: 1 set White geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	15000
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(12)
Armament	3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	type 974, type 291 radars, type 174, type 170, type 162 sonars
Complement	140

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Project history

Simply modified British Type 14 (Blackwood class), without 533mm torpedoes.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Khukri was torpedoed and sunk by Pakistan submarine Hangor 9.12.1971 SW off Diu.