The Veer class corvettes [Veer = Brave] of the Indian Navy

Indian Navy

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 are a customized India

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n variant of the Soviet

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 Tarantul class

Tarantul class corvette

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. They form the 22nd Killer Missile Vessel Squadron.

Eight vessels of this class inherit their names from the illustrious 25th Killer missile boat squadron, which attacked and sunk 2 destroyer

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s, a minesweeper

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 and various other support vessels off Karachi

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 during Operation Trident and Operation Python

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 of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

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Ships of the class

Name	Pennant	Builder	Commissioned	Status
INS Veer INS Veer (K40) INS Veer is the lead ship of her class of corvettes, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K40		26 March 1987	Active
INS Nirbhik INS Nirbhik (K41) INS Nirbhik is a Veer class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K41		21 December 1987	Active
INS Nipat INS Nipat (K42) INS Nipat is a Veer class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K42		05 December 1988	Active
INS Nishank INS Nishank (K43) INS Nishank is a Veer class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K43		12 September 1989	Active
INS Nirghat INS Nirghat (K44) INS Nirghat is a Veer class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K44		15 December 1989	Active
INS Vibhuti INS Vibhuti (K45) INS Vibhuti is a Veer class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K45	Mazagon Dock Limited	03 June 1991	Active
INS Vipul INS Vipul (K46) INS Vipul is a Veer class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K46	Mazagon Dock Limited	16 March 1992	Active
INS Vinash INS Vinash (K47) INS Vinash is a Veer class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K47	Goa Shipyard Limited Goa Shipyard Limited Goa Shipyard Limited is one of India's leading shipyards. It is located on the West Coast of India at Vasco da Gama, Goa at . It was established in 1957, originally by the Portuguese-India govt as "Estaleiros Navais de Goa", to build barges to be used in Goa's growing mining industry, which took...	20 November 1993	Active
INS Vidyut INS Vidyut (K48) INS Vidyut is a Veer class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K48	Goa Shipyard Limited Goa Shipyard Limited Goa Shipyard Limited is one of India's leading shipyards. It is located on the West Coast of India at Vasco da Gama, Goa at . It was established in 1957, originally by the Portuguese-India govt as "Estaleiros Navais de Goa", to build barges to be used in Goa's growing mining industry, which took...	16 January 1995	Active
INS Nashak INS Nashak (K83) INS Nashak is a Veer class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K83	Goa Shipyard Limited Goa Shipyard Limited Goa Shipyard Limited is one of India's leading shipyards. It is located on the West Coast of India at Vasco da Gama, Goa at . It was established in 1957, originally by the Portuguese-India govt as "Estaleiros Navais de Goa", to build barges to be used in Goa's growing mining industry, which took...	29 December 1996	Active
INS Prahar INS Prahar (K98) -Operations:In October 1999, the Panamanian-registered Japanese cargo ship, MV Alondra Rainbow was hijacked by pirates off Indonesia. The crew were left adrift and rescued off Phuket, Thailand. The ship carrying Aluminum ingots was re-painted as MV Mega Rama. She was spotted off Kochi, sailing...	K98	Goa Shipyard Limited Goa Shipyard Limited Goa Shipyard Limited is one of India's leading shipyards. It is located on the West Coast of India at Vasco da Gama, Goa at . It was established in 1957, originally by the Portuguese-India govt as "Estaleiros Navais de Goa", to build barges to be used in Goa's growing mining industry, which took...	01 March 1997	Sunk in collision on April 22, 2006
INS Prabal INS Prabal (K92) INS Prabal is a Veer class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K92	Mazagon Dock Limited	11 April 2002	Active
INS Pralaya INS Pralaya (K91) INS Pralaya is a Veer class corvette, currently in active service with the Indian Navy....	K91	Goa Shipyard Limited Goa Shipyard Limited Goa Shipyard Limited is one of India's leading shipyards. It is located on the West Coast of India at Vasco da Gama, Goa at . It was established in 1957, originally by the Portuguese-India govt as "Estaleiros Navais de Goa", to build barges to be used in Goa's growing mining industry, which took...	18 December 2002	Active