INS Sindhudurg (K72)

INS Sindhudurg (K72) was the lead ship of the Durg class corvettes of the Indian Navy. It is the second of the three Nanuchka class missile corvettes procured from erstwhile USSR

The ship was commissioned on May 29, 1977 and decommissioned on September 24, 2004 after 27 years of service. The ship has the distinction of bringing down a surface-to-air missile during an exercise. She was used as a Target for Brahmos cruise missile test in 2005.