INS Chamak (K95)
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 '70s, 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.
_fires_a_P-15_Termit_missile.jpg.webp) INS Chamak (K95) fires a P-15 Termit missile. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 India | |
| Name | INS Chamak |
| Commissioned | 4 November 1976 |
| Decommissioned | 5 May 2005 |
| Status | Museum ship in Pune[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Chamak class missile boat |
| Displacement | 245 tons (full load)[2] |
| Length | 38.6 meters |
| Beam | 7.6 meters |
| Speed | 37+ knots |
| Complement | 30 |
| Armament | |
The INS Chamak was fully decommissioned on the 5th of May 2005 and was towed/sailed to its final resting place in Pune, India as a museum ship. INS Chamak was designed to be a modified version of the Project 205 Moskit-Class (Osa-class missile boats) owned by the Soviet Navy as of the '70s.
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, corvette's and etc.
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