INS Trikand
INS Trikand entering Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 2013
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History | |
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Name | INS Trikand |
Namesake | 'Mythological arrow consisting of three arrowheads' |
Ordered | 14 July 2007 [1] |
Builder | Yantar Shipyard |
Laid down | 11 June 2008 |
Launched | 25 May 2011 |
Commissioned | 29 June 2013 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Talwar-class frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | 124.8 m (409 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 180 (18 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament | |
Aircraft carried | 1 × Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter |
INS Trikand (F51) is a Talwar-class frigate of the Indian Navy.[4] She is the third and final ship of the second batch of Talwar-class frigates ordered by the Indian Navy. She was built by the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia. She was commissioned to Indian Navy service on 29 June 2013.
Design
[edit]Trikand belongs to the Talwar class of guided missile frigates. These are modified Krivak III-class frigates built by Russia. These ships use stealth technologies and a special hull design to ensure a reduced radar cross section.[5][6] Much of the equipment on the ship is Russian-made, but a significant number of systems of Indian origin have also been incorporated. The main difference between the second batch and the first three Talwar-class ships is the use of BrahMos missiles in place of the Klub-N missiles in the earlier ships. She is the last of the three frigates built in Russia as a follow-up order to the first batch of Talwar-class frigates.[citation needed]
Construction
[edit]Trikand was laid down on 11 June 2008.[7] She was launched on 27 May 2011 by Ira Malhotra, the wife of the Indian Ambassador to Russia, Ajai Malhotra.[8] Delivery was delayed from the original goal of April 2012 due to labour shortages and supply chain issues.[citation needed]
She was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 29 June 2013 by Vice Admiral R K Dhowan, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, in a ceremony held at Kaliningrad. Captain Ajay Kochhar was the commissioning commanding officer of INS Trikand. She joined join the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy.[7]In 2016 the ship won award of Unit Citation 2016 and after that in march 2017 the Ship won Best Ship 2016-17 award under the command of Captain Arjun dev nair
Service history
[edit]Deployment | Date | Port visited | Commander | Notes and References |
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Commissioned | 29 June 2013 | England | Captain Ajay Kochhar[9] | |
2016 | ||||
East Africa and the Southern Indian Ocean with naval destroyer INS Kolkata and fleet tanker INS Aditya | 31 August-3 September | Antsirananna, Madagascar | Captain Arjun Dev Nair[10] | Relief material for people affected by bush fires.[11][12] |
6–9 September | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | [13][14] | ||
17–20 September | Maputo, Mozambique | [15] | ||
20–23 September | Durban, South Africa | [16][17] |
Gallery
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INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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INS Trikand (F51) 100mm gun
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INS Trikand (F51) SAM launcher
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INS Trikand (F51) VLS & ASW rocket launcher
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INS Trikand (F51) VLS & ASW rocket launcher
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INS Trikand (F51) Flight deck & CIWS
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Modified Krivak III Class".
- ^ "Advanced Active cum Passive Integrated Sonar System". BEL. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Surface Ships – Frigates". Indian Navy.
- ^ "Shivalik Class, Talwar Class, Kamorta Class". New Delhi: Indian Navy. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Talwar (Krivak III) Class". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "New Talwar class frigate for India Navy launched". Zeenews.com. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Press Information Bureau". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "INS Trikand hands over relief material to Madagascar". The Hindu. 4 September 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Indian Warship Trikand visits Antsiranana, Madagascar | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Indiablooms. "Indian warship Trikand visits Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | Indiablooms – First Portal on Digital News Management". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Indian Warship Trikand visits Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ "Indian Naval Ship arrives at Maputo". Millennium Post. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Western Fleet Ships visit South Africa (20 – 23 September 2016)". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ "Western Naval Fleet ships arrive in South Africa | ANI News". www.aninews.in. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2016.