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Name | Surat |
Namesake | Surat |
Operator | Indian Navy |
Builder | Mazagon Dock Limited |
Yard number | 12707 |
Laid down | 19 July 2018 |
Launched | 17 May 2022 |
Completed | Est. 2024 |
Commissioned | Est. 2025 |
Identification | Pennant number: D69 |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Type | Guided missile destroyer |
Displacement | 7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons) [1] |
Length | 163 m (535 ft) |
Beam | 17.4 m (57 ft) |
Draft | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Range | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) [3] |
Endurance | 45 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 4 x RHIB |
Crew | 300 (50 officers + 250 sailors) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × HAL Dhruv (or) Sea King Mk. 42B |
Aviation facilities | Enclosed helicopter hangar and flight deck capable of accommodating two multi-role helicopters. |
Notes | Modified derivative of the Kolkata-class destroyer. [4] |
INS Surat is the fourth and last ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy.
Initially, the ship was speculated to be named after port city Porbandar but later it was changed to Surat. The other warships of this class are INS Visakhapatnam, INS Mormugao, INS Imphal. [5]
The keel of Surat was laid down in 2018. Built at two different geographical locations using the block construction methodology involving hull construction and joining at MDL. Successor of P-15A destroyers, P-15B destroyers are the next generation of stealth guided missile destroyers. [6]
Surat was launched on 17 May 2022 by Mazagon Dock Limited. The ship is expected to be commissioned by 2025. [7] [8]
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