INS Sahyadri

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INS Sahyadri during Milan 2018 exercise.
History
Naval Ensign of India.svgIndia
NameSahyadri
Namesake Sahyadri hills
Builder Mazagon Dock Limited
Cost$245 Million
Laid down17 March 2003
Launched27 May 2005
Commissioned21 July 2012
IdentificationF49
Statusin active service
Badge INS Sahyadri (F49) crest.JPG
General characteristics
Class and type Shivalik-class guided missile frigate
Displacement6,200 tonnes (6,100 long tons; 6,800 short tons) full load [1]
Length142.5 m (468 ft) [2]
Beam16.9 m (55 ft)
Draught4.5 m (15 ft)
Installed power
  • 2 × Pielstick 16 PA6 STC Diesel engines
  • 15,200 shp (11,300 kW)
  • 2 × GE LM2500+
  • 33,600 shp (25,100 kW)
Propulsionboost turbines in CODOG configuration.
Speed
  • 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) [3]
  • 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) (diesel engines)
Complement257 (including 35 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × MR-760 Fregat M2EM 3-D radar
  • 4 × MR-90 Orekh radar
  • 1 × Elta EL/M-2238 STAR
  • 2 × Elta EL/M-2221 STGR
  • 1 × BEL APARNA
  • HUMSA (hull-mounted sonar array)
  • ATAS/Thales Sintra towed array systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys		 BEL Ajanta electronic warfare suite
Armament
  • Anti-air missiles:
  • 32-cell VLS launched Barak 1 missiles
  • 24 × Shtil-1 medium range missiles
  • Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
  • 8 × VLS launched Klub, anti-ship cruise missiles
  • or
  • 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles
  • Guns:
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) Otobreda, naval gun
  • 2 × AK-630 CIWS
  • Anti-submarine warfare:
  • 2 × 2 DTA-53-956 torpedo launchers
  • 2 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launchers
Aircraft carried2 × HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters.

INS Sahyadri (F49) is a Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigate built for the Indian Navy. This class features improved stealth and land attack capabilities over the preceding Talwar-class frigates. [4]

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Construction

Sahyadri under construction INS Sahyadri MDL front.JPG
Sahyadri under construction

INS Sahyadri was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) located in Mumbai. The keel of the vessel was laid on 30 September 2003 and was launched on 27 May 2005. It underwent sea trials in 2011–2012. From there it was commissioned on 21 July 2012 into the Eastern Naval Command headquartered at Visakhapatnam. [4]

Service history

DeploymentDatePort VisitedCommanderNotes and References
2012
CommissionedCaptain Sanjay Vatsayan [5]
2013
International Fleet Review 2013 October Sydney, Australia [6]
2014
South East Asia and Western Pacific10-13 June Darwin, Australia Captain Jyotin Raina [7] [8]
2 July - 2 August Hawaii, United States Exercise RIMPAC [9] [10] [11]
20 August Manila, Philippines [12]
2015
South China Sea and the Northwest Pacific 2-5 October Da Nang, Vietnam.Captain Kunal Singh Rajkumar [13] [14]
15 October Sagami Bay, Japan International Fleet Review organized by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) [15]
23-27 October Incheon, South Korea [13]
1-4 November Manila, Philippines [16]
INDRA 2015 with INS Sahyadri, INS Ranvijay, INS Shakti, INS Sindhuvir and other naval aircraft7-12 December Bay of Bengal Bi-lateral exercise with the Russian Navy [17]
2016
South China Sea and Northwestern Pacific with naval frigate INS Satpura, corvette INS Kirch and fleet-tanker INS Shakti 30 May - 2 June Subic Bay, Philippines Captain K S Rajkumar [18] [19] [20] [21]
14-17 June Sasebo, Japan Malabar 2016 [22]
21-25 June Busan, South Korea [23] [24]
27 June - 1 July Vladivostok, Russia [25] [26]

Miscellaneous

INS Sahyadri was awarded the ‘Best Ship Trophy’ at the annual Fleet Awards functions five times namely in the years 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2019-20 and 2020-21 and was also presented with Unit Citation in the year 2019-20 in Visakhapatnam. [27] The ship is affiliated with Poona Horse, one of the oldest armoured regiments of the Indian Army. [28] [29]

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