INS Trikand

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INS Trikand entering Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 2013
History
Naval Ensign of India.svgIndia
NameINS Trikand
Namesake'Mythological arrow consisting of three arrowheads'
Ordered14 July 2007 [1]
Builder Yantar Shipyard
Laid down11 June 2008
Launched25 May 2011
Commissioned29 June 2013
Statusin active service
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
Length124.8 m (409 ft 5 in)
Beam15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × DS-71 cruise turbines (9,000 shp)) [2]
  • 2 × DT-59 boost turbines (19,500 shp) [2]
Speed30 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)
Complement180 (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) [3]
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 × TK-25E-5 EWS
  • 1 × PK-10 ship-borne decoy launching systems
  • 4 × KT-216 decoy launchers
Armament
  • 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 × 2 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 1 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launcher
Aircraft carried1 × Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter

INS Trikand (F51) is a Talwar-class frigate of the Indian Navy. [4] She is the third and final ship of the second batch of Talwar-class frigates ordered by the Indian Navy. She was built by the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia. She was commissioned to Indian Navy service on 29 June 2013.

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Design

Trikand belongs to the Talwar class of guided missile frigates. These are modified Krivak III-class frigates built by Russia. These ships use stealth technologies and a special hull design to ensure a reduced radar cross section. [5] [6] Much of the equipment on the ship is Russian-made, but a significant number of systems of Indian origin have also been incorporated. The main difference between the second batch and the first three Talwar-class ships is the use of BrahMos missiles in place of the Klub-N missiles in the earlier ships. She is the last of the three frigates built in Russia as a follow-up order to the first batch of Talwar-class frigates.[ citation needed ]

Construction

Trikand was laid down on 11 June 2008. [7] She was launched on 27 May 2011 by Ira Malhotra, the wife of the Indian Ambassador to Russia, Ajai Malhotra. [8] Delivery was delayed from the original goal of April 2012 due to labour shortages and supply chain issues.[ citation needed ]

She was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 29 June 2013 by Vice Admiral R K Dhowan, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, in a ceremony held at Kaliningrad. Captain Ajay Kochhar was the commissioning commanding officer of INS Trikand. She joined join the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy. [7] In 2016 the ship won award of Unit Citation 2016 and after that in march 2017 the Ship won Best Ship 2016-17 award under the command of Captain Arjun dev nair

Service history

DeploymentDatePort visitedCommanderNotes and References
2013
Commissioned29 June 2013EnglandCaptain Ajay Kochhar [9]
2016
East Africa and the Southern Indian Ocean with naval destroyer INS Kolkata and fleet tanker INS Aditya 31 August-3 September Antsirananna, Madagascar Captain Arjun Dev Nair [10] Relief material for people affected by bush fires. [11] [12]
6–9 September Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [13] [14]
17–20 September Maputo, Mozambique [15]
20–23 September Durban, South Africa [16] [17]
2022
Arabian Sea with INS Sumitra and Dornier 228 MPA.19–24 November13th edition of Indo-Oman maritime exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ (Sea Breeze) with RNOS Al-Seeb and Al-Shinas. [18]
2024
Arabian Sea with Dornier 228 MPA.13–18 October Goa, India 13th edition of Indo-Oman maritime exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ (Sea Breeze) with RNOS Al-Seeb. [19]

See also

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