INS Abhay P 33 10 Mar 1989

                                          INS Abhay P 33 10 Mar 1989

The Abhay class corvettes of the Indian Navy are customized variants of the Soviet Pauk class corvettes. The class is primarily intended for coastal patrol and anti-submarine warfare.

Agray P36 has been converted into a trials ship for new EW and other unspecified systems. The Positiv-E radome as well as torpedoes have been removed.
Modified Pauk II Class built in Russia for export. Original order was placed in late 1983, but completion of the first vessel was delayed by lack of funds and the orders for the others was not reinstated until 1987. A fifth of the class was cancelled. Classified as ASW vessels, their names are associated with former coastal patrol craft. All based at Mumbai as the 23 Patrol Vessel Squadron. The first two vessels were commissioned at Poti, Russia and INS Agray was commissioned at Riga, Russia.
On 06 February 2004, INS Agray suffered significant damage to its hull during a regular operational exercise in the Arabian Sea. None of the ship's personnel aboard were injured, however the accident resulted in flooding of the ship's engine room. Naval ships and aircraft in the vicinity were deployed to assist INS Agray and all personnel on board were safely evacuated. The cause of the accident is unknown, but unconfirmed reports state it was a torpedo misfire.