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Frigate INS Trishul (F143)

Frigate INS Trishul (F143) 0

Classification

Ship class:
Whitby-class frigate (Type 12 frigates)
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Renaming:
  • As build: INS Trishul (F143)
  • 1975: INS Trishul (F43)
Operator:
Indian NavyIndian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Harland & Wolff
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Decommissioned
Fate:
Broken up 1996

Ship measurements

Displacement:
2,600 t
Length:
112.8 m
Length (waterline):
109.7 m
Beam (waterline):
12.5 m
Draft:
5.18 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 2 * Babcock & Wilcox boilers
  • 2 * English Electric steam turbines
  • 2 * shafts
  • 30,000 shp (22 MW)
Speed:
30 knots
Range:
370 tons oil fuel, 4,200 nmi (7,780 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)

Personnel

Complement:
230

Combat assets

Electronics:

As build:

  • Radar Type 293Q target indication
  • Radar Type 277Q height finding
  • Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mark 6M (later Soviet MR-331 Rangout radar)
  • Radar Type 974 navigation
  • Sonar Type 174 search
  • Sonar Type 162 target classification
  • Sonar Type 170 attack

1983:

  • DA 05 radar
  • ZW 06 radar
  • MR-331 Rangout radar
  • 2 * MR-123 Rys' radars
  • Telegon IV ECM suite
  • Sonar Type 174 search
  • Sonar Type 162 target classification
  • Sonar Type 170 attack
  • 2 * Mk 5 decoy launchers
  • Graesby G738 towed torpedo decoy
Armament:

As build:

  • 1 * twin 4.5 in (114 mm) gun Mark 6
  • 1 * twin 40 mm Bofors gun Mark 5
  • 2 * Limbo anti-submarine mortar Mark 10

1983:

  • 3 * P-20 SSM (Soviet missiles)
  • 2 * twin AK-230 automatic naval 30 mm guns
  • 2 * triple 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes
Aircraft:

As modified:

  • 1 * Chetak helicopter
  • Helipad
  • Hangar
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