The ''Khukri''-class corvette , also known as Project 25, is a class of

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s intended to replace the ageing Petya II-class corvettes of the

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. The first two were ordered in December 1983 and the remaining in 1985. Around 65% of the ship contains indigenous content. The

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s were assembled in

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, under license by

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. Four ships of the class were built. As of July 2023, two ships remain in service in the

, and a third one has been donated to the

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Service history

the lead ship of the class was decommissioned after 32 years of service on 23 December 2021. She has since been preserved as a museum ship in Diu,

. During a meeting between the defence minister's of

and

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, India decided to gift the to the

. was transferred to

and was decommissioned from Indian Navy service on 22 July 2023.

Ships of the class

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Service history

Ships of the class

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