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Guided missile destroyer INS Imphal (D68)

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Classification

Ship class:
Visakhapatnam-class destroyer
Type:
Guided missile destroyer

Basic information

Operator:
Indian NavyIndian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)
Laid down:
Launched:
Status:
Launched

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:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 4 * Kavach decoy launchers
  • 2 * Maareech torpedo-countermeasure systems
Armament:
  • 4 * 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles
  • 2 * 8-cell VLS, for 16 BrahMos anti-ship missiles
  • 4 * 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 2 * RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
  • 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

INS Imphal is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy. She is being constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) and has been launched on 20 April 2019. The ship is expected to be commissioned by 2023.

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