INS Kirpan is the name of a Khukri-classcorvette formerly commissioned by the Indian Navy.[3] It was recently decommissioned and handed over to Vietnam People's Navy in a ceremony presided over by Adm. R. Hari Kumar and Rear Adm. Pham Manh Hung, Deputy Commander-in-Chief and Chief of Staff, Vietnam People's Navy. [4]
History
It is the first active warship that India has ever gifted to another country, that is the Vietnam People's Navy, which will use it in the future with as Ship 26. The warship was gifted to Vietnam after a visit by Vietnam's Defence Minister Gen Phan Van Giang in June, 2023.[5]