Rajput-class destroyer

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INS Rajput (D51) sporting Revathi radar.jpg
INS Rajput (D51) during an exercise sporting Revathi radar.
Class overview
NameRajput
Builders 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
OperatorsNaval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy
Succeeded by Delhi class
Planned5
Completed5
Active3
Retired2
General characteristics
Type Guided missile destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,950 tons standard
  • 4,974 tons full load [1]
Length146.5 m (481 ft) [1]
Beam15.8 m (52 ft) [1]
Draught4.8 m (16 ft) [1]
Propulsion4 × Zorya-Mashproekt M3E gas turbines [2] in COGAG, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW); 2 shafts [1]
Speed35 knots (65 km/h) [1]
Range
  • 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
  • 2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) [1]
Complement320 (including 35 officers) [1]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Navigation: 2 x Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency,
  • Air: 1 x MP-500 Kliver radar at C-band or 1 x Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band (installed on INS Ranjit),
  • Air/Surface: 1 x MR-310U Angara radar at E-band, replaced by 1 x EL/M-2238 STAR [3]
  • Communication: Inmarsat,
  • Sonar: 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 x Vyega MG-325 variable depth sonar
Armament
Aircraft carried1 x Ka-28 in last two ships and HAL Chetak helicopter in first three ships

The Rajput-class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet Kashin-class destroyers. They are also known as Kashin-II class. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union after considerable Indian design modifications to the Kashin design. These included the replacement of the helicopter pad in the original design with a flight elevator, as well as major changes to the electronics and combat systems. Five units were built for export to India in the 1980s. All units are currently attached to the Eastern Naval Command.

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Service history

The Rajput class inherited their anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare roles for aircraft carrier task-force defense against submarines, low-flying aircraft, and cruise missiles from the Kashin class. They were the first ships in the Indian Navy to deploy the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems. The systems were deployed during a mid-life refit of the ships. The missile system has four missiles in inclined bow mounted launchers replacing two SS-N-2D Styx AShM launchers in INS Rajput and eight cell VLS system replacing aft S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launcher in INS Ranvir and INS Ranvijay. [4] Ranvijay was deployed with an updated vertical launcher for the BrahMos missile. [5] The Indian Navy is planning to upgrade the propulsion of the Rajput-class ships with indigenously developed Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine (KMGT) engine. The Gas Turbine Research Establishment of DRDO has been developing this engine which is currently in testing phase. [6]

During TROPEX-21 exercise of the Indian Navy, the decommissioned Ranjit was sunk by a torpedo. [7] [8]

Rajput was decommissioned from the service on 21 May 2021. [9] [10]

Ships of the class

NamePennantBuilderHomeportLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStatus
Rajput (ex-Nadezhniy)D51 61 Kommunara Visakhapatnam 11 September 197617 September 19774 May 1980 [1] 21 May 2021Decommissioned
Rana (ex-Gubitelyniyy)D5229 November 197627 September 197819 February 1982 [1] Active
Ranjit (ex-Lovkiyy)D5329 June 197716 June 197924 November 1983 [1] 6 May 2019 [11] Sunk during TROPEX-21 as a live target.
Ranvir (ex-Tverdyy)D5424 October 198112 March 198321 April 1986 [1] Active
Ranvijay (ex-Tolkoviyy)D5519 March 19821 February 198621 December 1987 [1] Active

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  4. ↑ Indian Navy: INS Rajput, 8 Other Warships To Deploy Brahmos Cruise Missiles
  5. ↑ BrahMos all set to cruise into Kerala Archived 2007-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Modified Kaveri Engine to Propel Indian Navy Rajput Class Ships
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