INS Chapal (K94)
Preserved at Rabindranath Tagore Beach.
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History | |
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Name | INS Chapal |
Commissioned | 4 November 1976 |
Decommissioned | 5 May 2005 |
Fate | Museum ship on Rabindranath Tagore Beach, Karwar |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Chamak class missile boat |
Displacement | 245 tons (full load)[1] |
Length | 38.6 meters |
Beam | 7.6 meters |
Speed | 37+ knots |
Complement | 30 |
Armament |
INS Chapal (K94) was a Chamak class missile boat of the Indian Navy.[1][2]
It is now a museum ship on Rabindranath Tagore Beach in Karwar, Karnataka.[3]
This warship is now positioned on a special concrete platform at Rabindranath Tagore beach in Karwar city, Karnataka state, India.
Mannequins dressed-up as captain, sailors, doctors, etc., are there inside the Museum. Replicas of the missiles are also displayed inside the Warship Museum.
References
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/16/stories/2006051606990300.htm
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