INS Sindhudurg (K72)

History
Indian Navy
Name:	INS Sindhudurg
Namesake:	Sindhudurg fort
Commissioned:	29 May 1977
Decommissioned:	24 September 2004
Fate:	Decommissioned
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)[1]

INS Sindhudurg (K72) was the lead ship of the Durg class corvettes of the Indian Navy. It is the second of the three Nanuchka class missile corvettes procured from the former USSR.

The ship was commissioned on 29 May 1977 and decommissioned on 24 September 2004 after 27 years of service.^[1] The ship has the distinction of bringing down a surface-to-air missile during an exercise.^[1][2]

References

Ship classes of the Indian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Vikrant (Majestic) Viraat (Centaur) Vikramaditya (Kiev) Vikrant *
Destroyers	Rajput Delhi Kolkata Visakhapatnam *
Frigates	Nilgiri Godavari Brahmaputra Talwar Shivalik Project 17A *
Corvettes	Arnala Veer Abhay Khukri Kora Kamorta Abhay-class replacement *
Nuclear submarines	Attack Charlie + Akula-II Indian SSN * Ballistic Missile Arihant *
Conventional submarines	Kalvari (1967) + Vela + Sindhughosh Shishumar Kalvari * Project 75I *
Midget submarines	Indian Navy Swimmer Delivery Vehicle *
Amphibious warfare ships	Kumbhir Magar Shardul Jalashwa Indian MRSV *
Research and survey vessels	Makar Sandhayak Sagardhwani
Patrol craft	Seaward Sukanya Super Dvora Mk II Trinkat Bangaram Car Nicobar Saryu
Minesweeper	Pondicherry
Replenishment ship	Deepak Komandarm Fedko Aditya Ambika
Tugboats	Anand Anjan Arga Balram Bhim Gaj Madan Singh
Ferries	GSL Manoram Shalimar *
Barges	Poshak Vipul * Modest * Corporated * Hooghly *
Training	Tir ABG-class Cadet Training Ship
+ Decommissioned * Under construction/procurement ** Proposed/Design phase List of active Indian Navy ships Submarines of the Indian Navy List of ships of the Indian Navy

Corvettes of the Indian Navy
Commissioned ships	Kamorta class Kamorta (P28) Kadmatt (P29) Kora class Kora Kirch Kulish Karmuk Khukri class Khukri Kuthar Kirpan Khanjar Abhay class Abhay Ajay Akshay Agray Veer class Nirbhik Nishank Nirghat Vibhuti Vipul Vinash Vidyut Nashak Prabal Pralaya
De-commissioned ships	Corvettes Flower class HMIS Gondwana HMIS Sind HMIS Mahratta HMIS Assam Bathurst class HMIS Punjab HMIS Bombay[lower-alpha 1] HMIS Bengal[lower-alpha 2] HMIS Madras[lower-alpha 3] Arnala class Arnala Androth Anjadip Andaman Amini Kamorta (P77) Kadmatt (P78) Kiltan (P79) Kavaratti (P80) Katchall Amindivi Durg class Vijaydurg Sindhudurg Prahar Veer class Veer Nipat Anti-Submarine Naval Trawlers (aka corvettes) Basset class HMIS Agra HMIS Ahmedabad HMIS Amritsar HMIS Baroda HMIS Berar HMIS Calcutta HMIS Cochin HMIS Cuttack HMIS Karachi HMIS Lahore HMIS Lucknow HMIS Madura HMIS Multan HMIS Nagpur HMIS Nasik HMIS Patna HMIS Peshawar HMIS Poona HMIS Quetta HMIS Rampur HMIS Shillong HMIS Travancore
Future ships	Kamorta class Kiltan (P30) Kavaratti (P31) Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) corvettes 16 vessels are ordered for the Indian Navy from Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata. They are in the 700 ton range and will replace the Abhay-class vessels currently in service. Next Generation Missile Vessels (NGMVs) 6 vessels planned with about 2000-2500 ton range.
Footnotes ↑ Renamed as INS Bombay post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Bengal post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Madras post republic.