INS Chamak (K95)

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INS Chamak (K95) fires a P-15 Termit missile.jpg
INS Chamak (K95) fires a P-15 Termit missile.
History
Naval Ensign of India.svgIndia
NameINS Chamak
Commissioned4 November 1976
Decommissioned5 May 2005
StatusMuseum ship in Pune [1]
General characteristics
Class & type Chamak class missile boat
Displacement245 tons (full load) [2]
Length38.6 meters
Beam7.6 meters
Speed37+ knots
Complement30
Armament

INS Chamak (K95) (Glitter) [3] was the lead vessel of her class of fast attack craft of the Indian Navy. [2] [4] [5] [6] The INS Chamak was first constructed throughout the 1970s, it had a displacement of 245 tons with its full load and measured about 38.6m long, it had a speed of over 37+ kts.

The INS Chamak was fully decommissioned on 5 May 2005 and was towed/sailed to Pune as a museum ship. INS Chamak was designed to be a modified version of the Project 205 Moskit-Class (Osa-class missile boats) of the Soviet Navy.

Armaments

The INS Chamak was armed with a standard AK-230 30mm gun, commonly used as a sea-gun piece for typically less armored and less capable of open sea deployment vessels, it was armed with the SA-N-5 SAM system modified to be capable of sea-type deployment, and the SS-N-2A Styx (NATO Reporting Name: P-15 Termit) used for anti-ship deployments commonly used on weaker vessels, such as frigates and corvettes.

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  2. 1 2 "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  3. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95#:~:text=Noun,glitter%2C%20sparkle
  4. "Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Osa II Class". Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  5. "Photos of INS CHAMAK". Flicker. 27 May 2009.
  6. "Photos of INS CHAMAK". warbirds.in. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

18°28′00″N73°45′57″E / 18.466616°N 73.765821°E / 18.466616; 73.765821