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'''INS ''Himgiri'' (F34)''' was a {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|||1972}} of the [[Indian Navy]]. ''Himgiri'' was commissioned into the Navy on 23 November 1974. She was decommissioned on 6 May 2005. | '''INS ''Himgiri'' (F34)''' was a {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|||1972}} of the [[Indian Navy]]. ''Himgiri'' was commissioned into the Navy on 23 November 1974. She was decommissioned on 6 May 2005. | ||
A new ship with this [[INS Himgiri (2020)|name]] belonging to the new [[Nilgiri-class frigate (2019)|Nilgiri class]] was launched in December 2020.<ref>https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/in-pictures-grse-built-stealth-frigate-ins-himgiri-launched-in-kolkata-120121401053_1.html</ref> | A new ship with this [[INS Himgiri (2020)|name]] belonging to the new [[Nilgiri-class frigate (2019)|Nilgiri class]] was launched in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/in-pictures-grse-built-stealth-frigate-ins-himgiri-launched-in-kolkata-120121401053_1.html|title = In pictures: GRSE-built stealth frigate 'INS Himgiri' launched in Kolkata|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 14 December 2020|last1 = Team|first1 = BS Web}}</ref> | ||
==Operations== | ==Operations== | ||
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| Name: | INS Himgiri |
| Namesake: | Himgiri Range |
| Launched: | 6 May 1970 |
| Commissioned: | 23 November 1974 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 May 2005 |
| Fate: | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | -class frigate |
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| Length: | 113 m (371 ft) |
| Beam: | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.3 m (14 ft) |
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| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range: | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 267 (incl 17 officers)[1] |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 Westland Sea King or HAL Chetak |
INS Himgiri (F34) was a -class frigate of the Indian Navy. Himgiri was commissioned into the Navy on 23 November 1974. She was decommissioned on 6 May 2005.
A new ship with this name belonging to the new Nilgiri class was launched in December 2020.[2]
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INS Himgiri holds the record for the number of days at sea in a single deployment for a conventional ship of the Indian Navy. In 1976, she was the first ship of the Indian Navy to shoot down a pilotless aircraft.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Surface Ships -->Frigates-->Giri Class". Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ↑ Team, BS Web (14 December 2020). "In pictures: GRSE-built stealth frigate 'INS Himgiri' launched in Kolkata". Business Standard India.
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