INS Chapal
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INS Chapal (K94) was a Chamak class missile boat of the Indian Navy.[1][2]
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NameINS Chapal
Commissioned4 November 1976
Decommissioned5 May 2005
FateMuseum ship on Rabindranath Tagore Beach, Karwar
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 & 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 | |
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.
