INS Chapal (K94)

	Preserved at Rabindranath Tagore Beach.
History
India
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)
Length	38.6 meters
Beam	7.6 meters
Speed	37+ knots
Complement	30
Armament	4 × SS-N-2A Styx AShM; 1 × SA-N-5 SAM; 2 × AK-230 30mm guns;

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 "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
^ "Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Osa II Class". Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
^ "The Hindu : Karnataka News : INS Chapal towed to the shore". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

External links

INS Chapal Warship Museum and Rock Garden at Karwar Beach

14°48′51.7″N 74°07′37.4″E / 14.814361°N 74.127056°E / 14.814361; 74.127056

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[in-chamak-1] "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2012.

[br-osa-II-2] "Bharat-Rakshak.com :: NAVY - Osa II Class". Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2009.

[hindu-museum-3] "The Hindu : Karnataka News : INS Chapal towed to the shore". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

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