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Guided missile frigate INS Sahyadri (F49)

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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
  • Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
  • 8 * VLS launched Klub, anti-ship cruise missiles
  • or
  • 8 * VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles
  • 1 * 3 in (76 mm) 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 Sahyadri (F49) is a Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigate built for the Indian Navy. This class features improved stealth and land attack capabilities over the preceding Talwar-class frigates.

INS Sahyadri was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) located in Mumbai. The keel of the vessel was laid on 30 September 2003 and was launched on 27 May 2005. It underwent sea trials in 2011–2012. From there it was commissioned on 21 July 2012 into the Eastern Naval Command headquartered at Visakhapatnam.

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