INS Satpura

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INS Satpura (F 48) departs Pearl Harbor to begin the at-sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise, July 12
History
Naval Ensign of India.svgIndia
NameINS Satpura
Namesake Satpura range
Builder Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down31 October 2002
Launched4 June 2004
Commissioned20 August 2011
Identification Pennant number: F48
Motto
  • Nishchay, Garv, Sahas
  • (Determination, Pride, Bravery)
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and type Shivalik-class 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 (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 × 3.0-inch 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 Satpura (F48) is a Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigate built for the Indian Navy. This class is an improvement over the preceding Talwar-class frigates with increased stealth and land attack features. [4]

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Construction

INS Satpura was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai. The keel was laid on 31 October 2002 and was launched on 4 June 2004. She was completed in 2010 and underwent sea trials before being commissioned on 20 August 2011 into the Eastern Naval Command headquartered at Visakhapatnam. [4]

Service history

DeploymentDatePort VisitedCommanderNotes and References
2012
Malabar 2012 with naval destroyers INS Ranvir, INS Ranvijay, corvette INS Kulish and fleet-tanker INS Shakti. Bay of Bengal [5] [6]
2013
South East Asia with naval destroyer INS Ranvijay , corvette INS Kirch and fleet-tanker INS Shakti 6 May Da Nang, Vietnam [7]
28 May Changi, Singapore Participated in IMDEX-13 [8]
2015
South East Asia with naval destroyer INS Ranvir, corvette INS Kamorta and fleet tanker INS Shakti 23-26 May Singapore Captain Hari Krishnan [9] SIMBEX-15 with Singapore Navy [10]
4-6 June Fremantle, Australia [11] [12]
28-30 June Sattahip, Thailand [13]
2016
South China Sea and the Western Pacific Ocean30 May to 3 June Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam Captain A N Pramod [14] [15]
13-15 August Port Majuro, Marshall Islands [16] [17]
30 June – 4 August Hawaii, United States 25th edition of the RIMPAC Exercise [18] [19]
18-20 August Pohnpei, Micronesia [20]
31 August – 3 September Singapore [21] [22]

Images

The EL/M-2238 STAR radar onboard Satpura ELM-2238 STAR radar onboard INS Satpura (F48).png
The EL/M-2238 STAR radar onboard Satpura

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