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Guided missile frigate INS Satpura (F48)

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Classification

Ship class:
Shivalik-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

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

Ship measurements

Displacement:
6,800 t
Length:
142.5 m
Beam:
16.9 m
Draft:
4.5 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODOG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * Pielstick 16 PA6 STC Diesel engines
  • 2 * GE LM2500+ gas turbines
  • 15,200 shp (11,300 kW) diesels
  • 33,600 shp (25,100 kW) turbines
  • 2 * propeller shafts
Speed:
32 knots
Range:
5,000 nautical miles (9,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)

Personnel

Complement:
257

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • 1 * MR-760 Fregat M2EM 3-D radar
  • 4 * MR-90 Orekh radar
  • 1 * Elta EL/M-2238 STAR
  • 2 * Elta EL/M-2221 STGR
  • 1 * BEL APARNA
  • HUMSA (hull-mounted sonar array)
  • ATAS/Thales Sintra towed array systems
  • BEL Ajanta electronic warfare suite
Armament:
  • 32-cell VLS launched Barak 1 missiles
  • 24 * Shtil-1 medium range missiles
  • 8 * VLS launched Klub, anti-ship cruise missiles
  • or
  • 8 * VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles
  • 1 * 3.0-inch Otobreda, naval gun
  • 2 * AK-630 CIWS
  • 2 * 2 DTA-53-956 torpedo launchers
  • 2 * RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launchers
Aircraft:
  • 2 * HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters

INS Satpura (F48) is a Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigate built for the Indian Navy. This class is an improvement over the preceding Talwar-class frigates with increased stealth and land attack features.

INS Satpura was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai. The keel was laid on 31 October 2002 and was launched on 4 June 2004. She was completed in 2010 and underwent sea trials before being commissioned on 20 August 2011 into the Eastern Naval Command headquartered at Visakhapatnam.

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