Visakhapatnam-class destroyer

Basic information

Type:

Destroyer

Parent class:

Kolkata-class destroyer

Operators:

Indian Navy

Country of build:

India

Builder:

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)

Planned:

Completed:

In service:

2021 – present (3 years)

Ship measurements

Displacement:

7,400 t

Length:

163 m

Beam:

17.4 m

Draft:

6.5 m

Machine

Propulsion system:

COGAG

Propulsion:

2 * Zorya M36E gas turbines, with 4 * DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 * RG-54 gearboxes
2 * Bergen/GRSE KVM-diesel engines, 9,900 hp (7,400 kW) each
4 * 1 MWe Wärtsilä WCM-1000 generator sets driving Cummins KTA50G3 engines and Kirloskar 1 MV AC generators

Speed:

33.5 knots

Range:

4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Personnel

Complement:

300

Combat assets

Boats & landing craft:

4 * RHIB

Electronics:

Radar:
IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA radar
BEL RAWL-02/LW-08 L-Band air-search radar
Terma/Tata Scanter-6002 X-Band surface-search radar
Sonar:
BEL HUMSA-NG active/passive sonar
BEL Nagin active towed-array sonar
Combat Management System (CMS)
DRDO Shakti EW suite (equipped with ESM/ECM and «Radar Finger Printing System» (RFPS))
DRDO Nayan COMINT suite
Decoys:
4 * Kavach decoy launchers
2 * Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems

Armament:

Anti-air warfare:
4 * 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles
Anti-surface warfare:
2 * 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles
Anti-submarine warfare:
4 * 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
2 * RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Guns:
1 * OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun
4 * AK-630M CIWS
2 * OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun

Aircraft:

2 * HAL Dhruv (or) Sea King Mk. 42B

The Visakhapatnam-class destroyers, also classified as the P-15 Bravo class, or simply P-15B, is a class of guided-missile destroyers currently being built for the Indian Navy. The Visakhapatnam class is an upgraded derivative of its predecessor, the Kolkata class, with improved features of stealth, automation and ordnance.

Designed by the Warship Design Bureau (WDB), a total of four ships are being built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), under the Make in India initiative. The first vessel of the class, INS Visakhapatnam was commissioned on 21 November 2021. The Indian Navy plans to have all four destroyers in active service by 2024.