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Name | Udaygiri |
Operator | Indian Navy |
Builder | Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders |
Yard number | 12652 |
Laid down | 7 May 2019 [1] |
Launched | 17 May 2022 [2] |
Acquired | 1 July 2025 [3] |
Commissioned | 26 August 2025 [4] |
Identification | Pennant number: F35 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class & type | Nilgiri-class guided-missile frigate |
Displacement | 6,670 tonnes (6,560 long tons; 7,350 short tons) [5] |
Length | 149 m (488 ft 10 in) [5] |
Beam | 17.8 m (58 ft 5 in) [5] |
Draft | 5.22 m (17 ft 2 in) [5] |
Depth | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) [5] |
Installed power |
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Speed | 28 kn (52 km/h) [9] |
Range |
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Complement | 226 [9] |
Sensors & processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters |
INS Udaygiri is the Indian Navy's third ship of the Nilgiri-class stealth-guided missile frigates.
The ship's name is inspired by the Udaygiri mountain range in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Further, this is the second ship of the Indian Navy to be named after the mountain range, the first being a Leander-class frigate, INS Udaygiri with the same pennant number. The former ship was in service between 1976 and 2007. [17]
This ship is part of the Project-17 Alpha frigates (P-17A), a class of guided-missile frigates currently being constructed for the Navy by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE). [18]
The ship was laid down on 7 May 2019 [1] and was launched on 17 May 2022. [2] The ship was delivered to the Indian Navy on 1 July 2025. [19] [3] This was within a record time of 37 months. [20]
The ship was commissioned, along with Himgiri, on 26 August at Naval Base, Visakhapatnam. [4] [21] This marked the maiden instance when two major surface ships from two different shipyards was commissioned simultaneously. [22] [23]
Keel laying ceremony of Yard 12652 (Second ship of Project 17A at M/s MDL) was held on 7 May at M/s MDL, Mumbai.