INS Hosdurg (K73)

History
Indian Navy
Name:	INS Hosdurg
Namesake:	Hosdurg Fort
Commissioned:	15 January 1978
Decommissioned:	5 June 1999
Fate:	Decommissioned
Status:	Sunk in June 2000, in a Sea Eagle test
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 Hosdurg (K73) was the lead ship of the Durg class corvettes of the Indian Navy.

The ship was commissioned on 15 January 1978.^[1]

Decommissioning

The Hosdurg was decommissioned on 5 June 1999. In June 2000, she was sunk in a test of a long-range Sea Eagle AShM fired by an Indian Navy Jaguar interceptor, off the West coast of India.

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