INS Mahendragiri

Launch ceremony of the INS Mahendragiri
History
India
Name	INS Mahendragiri
Owner	Indian navy
Builder	Mazagon Dock Ltd
Laid down	28 June 2022
Launched	1 September 2023
Status	Launched
General characteristics
Class and type	Nilgiri-class guided-missile frigate
Displacement	6,670 tonnes (6,560 long tons; 7,350 short tons) [1]
Length	149 m (488 ft 10 in) [1]
Beam	17.8 m (58 ft 5 in) [1]
Draft	5.22 m (17 ft 2 in) [1]
Depth	9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) [1]
Installed power	2 x MAN Diesel 12V28/33D STC (6000 kW each) [2] [3] 2 x General Electric LM2500 [4]
Propulsion	CODAG
Speed	28 kn (52 km/h) [5]
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 28 kn (52 km/h) 5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 16–18 kn (30–33 km/h) [5]
Complement	226 [5]
Sensors and processing systems	Radar :- IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S band AESA radar [6] Indra LTR-25 'Lanza' L-Band surface-search radar Sonar :- BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar Combat Suite :- "Combat Management System" (CMS-17A)
Electronic warfare & decoys	BEL Ajanta EW suite [7] 4 x Kavach Decoy launchers [5]
Armament	Anti-air missiles: 4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 [8] Barak 8 missiles (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 100 km (62 mi) [9] [10] ) Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles: 2 x 4-cells VLS, for 8 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles [8] Guns: 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (manufactured by BHEL) [11] 2 × AK-630 CIWS [12] Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × Triple torpedo tubes Varunastra 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers (72 rockets) [12]
Aircraft carried	2 × HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters

INS Mahendragiri is a Nilgiri-class (Project-17 Alpha) frigate of the Indian Navy. ^[13] It was built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai and was formally launched by Sudesh Dhankhar, wife of Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar on 1 September 2023. ^[14]

Named after a mountain peak of the Eastern Ghats ^[15] of Orissa, Mahendragiri is the seventh and final ship of the P-17A Frigates, which are the advanced version of Shivalik-class frigates with enhanced stealth features, upgraded weapons and sensors and improved platform management systems on-board. ^[16] Mahendragiri, which entered the waters of Arabian Sea in September is parked at the Wet Basins of the MDL following the launch for remaining outfitting and trials along with the three ships of her class. ^[17]

Mahendragiri is internally designed by Indian Navy’s Warship Design Bureau and the indigenously designed ship has state of the art weapons, enhanced stealth features, sensors, and platform management systems. ^{[18] [19]} The warship is 149 m long and 17.8 wide; it reaches speeds of up to 28 knots. ^[20] INS Vindhyagiri, the sixth Project 17A warship was launched by President Droupadi Murmu at Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, on 17 August 2023. ^[21]

See also

• List of frigates of India

References

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