INS Satpura (F 48) departs Pearl Harbor to begin the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise, July 12 | |
History | |
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Name | Satpura |
Namesake | Satpura range |
Builder | Mazagon Dock Limited |
Laid down | 31 October 2002 |
Launched | 4 June 2004 |
Commissioned | 20 August 2011 |
Identification | Pennant number: F48 |
Motto |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Shivalik-class frigate |
Displacement | 6,200 tonnes (6,100 long tons; 6,800 short tons) full load [1] |
Length | 142.5 m (468 ft) [2] |
Beam | 16.9 m (55 ft) |
Draught | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | CODOG |
Speed |
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Complement | 257 (including 35 officers + 222 sailors) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × 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. [5]
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. [5]
Deployment | Date | Port Visited | Commander | Notes and References |
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2012 | ||||
Malabar 2012 with naval destroyers INS Ranvir, INS Ranvijay, corvette INS Kulish and fleet-tanker INS Shakti. | Bay of Bengal | [6] [7] | ||
2013 | ||||
South East Asia with naval destroyer INS Ranvijay , corvette INS Kirch and fleet-tanker INS Shakti | 6 May | Da Nang, Vietnam | [8] | |
28 May | Changi, Singapore | Participated in IMDEX-13 [9] | ||
2015 | ||||
South East Asia with naval destroyer INS Ranvir, corvette INS Kamorta and fleet tanker INS Shakti | 23-26 May | Singapore | Captain Hari Krishnan [10] | SIMBEX-15 with Singapore Navy [11] |
4-6 June | Fremantle, Australia | [12] [13] | ||
28-30 June | Sattahip, Thailand | [14] | ||
2016 | ||||
South China Sea and the Western Pacific Ocean | 30 May to 3 June | Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam | Captain A N Pramod [15] [16] | |
13-15 August | Port Majuro, Marshall Islands | [17] [18] | ||
30 June – 4 August | Hawaii, United States | 25th edition of the RIMPAC Exercise [19] [20] | ||
18-20 August | Pohnpei, Micronesia | [21] | ||
31 August – 3 September | Singapore | [22] [23] |
On 8 October 2024, INS Satpura hosted the opening ceremony of Exercise Malabar at Visakhapatnam under the aegis of the Eastern Naval Command. [24]
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