INS Tamala

History
India
Name	INS Tamala
Ordered	29 October 2018
Builder	Yantar Shipyard
Laid down	5 November 2013 (as Istomin) [1]
Status	In sea trials
General characteristics
Class and type	Talwar-class frigate
Displacement	3,620 long tons (3,678 t) standard 4,035 long tons (4,100 t) full load
Length	124.8 m (409 ft 5 in)
Beam	15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	COGAG configuration [2] [3] Zorya-Mashproekt M7N1 propulsion plant 44,000 hp (33,000 kW) 2 × DS-71 cruise gas turbines 9,850 shp (7,350 kW) 2 × DT-59 boost gas turbines 22,185 shp (16,543 kW) 2 × R063 reduction gears 1 × R1063 reduction gears
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	180 (18 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	1 × 3Ts-25E Garpun-B surface search radar 1 × MR-212/201-1 navigation radar 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-2 6000A radar 1 × Ladoga-ME-11356 intertial navigation and stabilisation 1 × Fregat M2EM 3D circular scan radar 1 × Ratep JSC 5P-10E Puma fire-control system 1 × 3R14N-11356 fire-control system FCS 4 × MR-90 Orekh BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) [4]
Electronic warfare & decoys	1 × TK-25E-5 EWS 1 × PK-10 ship-borne decoy launching systems 4 × KT-216 decoy launchers
Armament	[1] Anti-air missiles: 24 × Shtil-1 medium range missiles 8 × Igla-1E (SA-16) Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles: 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship cruise missiles Guns: 1 × 100 mm A-190E, naval gun 2 × AK-630 CIWS Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × double 533 mm torpedo tubes 1 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launcher
Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter [1]

INS Tamala is a Talwar-class frigate of the Indian Navy. It is the eighth ship of the Talwar-class frigates and the second of the third batch of the class frigates ordered by the Indian Navy. She was built by the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia.

Description and design

In September 2016, it was reported that India would acquire additional two Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates from Russia and remaining two will be built in India. ^[5] These frigates would be based on the Talwar class and were to be commissioned into the Russian Navy, but after the Ukrainian Conflict, Ukraine refused to supply any more engines for the Russian ships. By then, only two of the six have been commissioned by Russia. ^[6] In August 2017, the Indian Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by the then-Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, cleared a proposal of ₹ 490 crore (equivalent to ₹687 croreorUS$79 million in 2023) to buy two gas turbine sets from Zorya-Mashproekt in Ukraine for the Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates being built in Russia. ^{[7] [8]}

In October 2018, the Indian Ministry of Defence signed a deal for ₹ 8,000 crore (equivalent to ₹110 billionorUS$1.2 billion in 2023) for procuring two Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates, Admiral Butakov (renamed INS Tushil) and Admiral Istomin (renamed INS Tamala). ^{[9] [10] [11]} The two frigates were scheduled to be delivered to the Indian Navy by 2022. ^{[12] [13]}

This is the second ship of the Talwar-class frigates to feature vertical launched Shtil-1 missiles with two 12 (2×6) VLS configuration having total 24 missiles with an enhanced range of 50 km (31 mi). ^{[1] [14]}

Construction

INS Tamala was laid down on 15 November 2013 as Admiral Istomin. ^{[15] [16]}

Two sets of Zorya-Mashproekt M7N1 marine powerplant for INS Tushil and INS Tamala were ordered in August 2017 at a cost of around $76 million. Each M7N1 system includes two DT59 top speed (boost) gas turbines, two DS71 cruise turbines, two R063, one R1063 reduction gears and its control system. It can provide a total power output of 44,000 hp (33,000 kW). The powerplants were delivered to Kaliningrad Shipyard in late 2020 to early 2021. ^[2]

As of July 2024, to conduct acceptance trials for the frigate being built in Yantar shipyard, a team of around 200 personnel of the Indian Navy are in Russia. ^[17]

On 21 January 2025, reports emerged that INS Tamala, being built by Yantar Shipyard has started sea trials. The initial Pennant number was spotted as 445. ^[18] In April 2024, a report suggested that INS Tamala will be delivered to India by February 2025. ^{[19] [20] [21]}

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