INS Khukri (P49)
INS Khukri is the lead vessel of her class of corvettes, currently in service with the Indian Navy. The ship is named after INS Khukri, the only Indian Navy ship ever lost in combat. The previous was sunk by two homing torpedoes strike by PNS Hangor during the 1971 Indian-Pakistan war. The ship's captain, Mahendra Nath Mulla, who went down with the ship standing on the deck, was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra posthumously.
Khukri was laid down on 27 September 1985 at Mazagon Dock Limited, launched on 3 December 1986 and commissioned on 23 August 1989.
