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{{Short description|Indian Navy destroyer}} | |||
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{{Infobox ship image | | image = INS Ranvijay at annual bi-lateral naval field training exercise.jpg | ||
| | | image_caption = INS ''Ranvijay'' during [[Exercise Malabar#2012|Exercise Malabar 2012]] | ||
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{{Infobox ship career | |section2={{Infobox ship/career | ||
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| | | country = India | ||
| | | flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}} | ||
| | | name = ''Ranvijay'' | ||
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| | | builder = [[61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant]] | ||
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| | | commissioned = 21 December 1987 | ||
| | | recommissioned = | ||
| | | decommissioned = | ||
| | | maiden_voyage = | ||
| | | renamed = | ||
| | | reclassified = | ||
| | | refit = | ||
| | | struck = | ||
| | | reinstated = | ||
| | | homeport = | ||
| | | identification = [[Pennant number]]: D55 | ||
| | | motto = {{lang|sn|Sangrame Vaibhavasya}} (Glorious in War) | ||
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| | | status = Active | ||
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| | | badge = [[File:INS Ranvijay (D55) crest.JPG|120px]] | ||
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | }} | ||
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*4,974 tons full load<ref name=in-rajput>http://indiannavy.nic.in/destroyers_rajput.htm</ref> | | class = {{sclass|Rajput|destroyer}} | ||
| | | displacement = *3,950 tons standard | ||
*4,974 tons full load<ref name=in-rajput>{{Cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/destroyers_rajput.htm |title=Surface Ships -- Indian Navy |access-date=11 August 2009 |archive-date=19 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619085343/http://indiannavy.nic.in/destroyers_rajput.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
| | | length = {{convert|147|m|ft|abbr=on}} | ||
| | | beam = {{convert|16|m|ft|abbr=on}} | ||
| | | height = | ||
| | | draught = {{convert|5|m|ft|abbr=on}} | ||
| | | draft = | ||
| | | power = | ||
| | | propulsion = 4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, {{convert|72,000|hp|abbr=on}} | ||
| | | speed = {{convert|35|kn|km/h}} | ||
*{{convert|2600|mi|km}} at {{convert|30|kn|km/h}} | | range = *{{convert|4000|mi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|18|kn|km/h}} | ||
| | *{{convert|2600|mi|km}} at {{convert|30|kn|km/h}} | ||
| | | endurance = | ||
| | | test_depth = | ||
| | | boats = | ||
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| | | troops = | ||
| | | complement = 320 (including 35 officers) | ||
| | | crew = | ||
| | | time_to_activate = | ||
| sensors = *''Air/Surface:'' [[EL/M-2238 STAR]]<ref name=nigwn>{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems|year=2006|publisher=Naval Institute|location=Annapolis, Md|isbn=1557502625|page=243|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4S3h8j_NEmkC&q=%E2%80%9CSurveillance+%26+Threat+Alert+Radar+-+STAR+-+EL%2FM-2238&pg=PA243|edition=5th}}</ref> (replacing MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) radar at E-band) | |||
*''Air/Surface:'' | *''Air:'' Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band ( replacing MP-500 Kliver (NATO: Big Net-A) radar at C-band) | ||
*''Communication:'' [[Inmarsat]], | *''Navigation:'' 2 x Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency, | ||
*''Sonar:'' 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 x Vyega MG-325 (NATO: Mare Tail) variable depth sonar | *''Communication:'' [[Inmarsat]], | ||
| | *''Sonar:'' 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 x Vyega MG-325 (NATO: Mare Tail) variable depth sonar | ||
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*8 × [[BrahMos]] supersonic missiles in aft VLS ( | | armament = *''Anti-surface:'' | ||
*4 × [[P-15 Termit|SS-N-2D Styx AShM]] missiles in inclined launchers | *8 × [[BrahMos]] supersonic missiles in aft VLS (replaced aft S-125 SAM launcher) | ||
*''Air-defence:'' | *4 × [[P-15 Termit|SS-N-2D Styx AShM]] missiles in inclined launchers | ||
*2 × [[Barak SAM]] 8 cell launchers (port and starboard) | *''Air-defence:'' | ||
*1 × [[S-125 Neva/Pechora#Naval version|S-125M]] (NATO: SA-N-1) [[Surface to air missile|SAM]] launcher | *2 × [[Barak SAM]] 8 cell launchers (port and starboard) | ||
*''Guns:'' | *1 × [[S-125 Neva/Pechora#Naval version|S-125M]] (NATO: SA-N-1) [[Surface to air missile|SAM]] launcher (Removed by 2025) | ||
* | *''Guns:'' | ||
*2 × {{convert|30|mm|in|abbr=on|1}} [[AK-630|AK-630M]] [[Close-in weapon system|CIWS]] | *1 x [[OTO Melara 76 mm]] [[Naval artillery|naval gun]] (replaced [[AK-726|AK-726 twin 3" naval gun]]) | ||
*''Anti-submarine: '' | *2 × {{convert|30|mm|in|abbr=on|1}} [[AK-630|AK-630M]] [[Close-in weapon system|CIWS]] | ||
*1 × {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher, | *''Anti-submarine:'' | ||
*2 × [[RBU-6000]] anti-submarine | *1 × {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} PTA 533 quintuple [[torpedo tube]] launcher, | ||
| | *2 × [[RBU-6000]] anti-submarine rocket launcher. | ||
| | | armour = | ||
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| | | aircraft = 1 × [[Ka-28]] helicopter | ||
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'''INS ''Ranvijay''''' is a {{sclass | '''INS ''Ranvijay''''' ({{Lit|Victorious in Battle}}) is a {{sclass|Rajput|destroyer|1}} in active service with the [[Indian Navy]]. ''Ranvijay'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 21 December 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-12-21 |title=Navy vessel INS Ranvijay completes 37 years |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/andhra-pradesh/navy-vessel-ins-ranvijay-completes-37-years-1848682 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Service history== | ==Service history== | ||
''Ranvijay'' participated in the multinational [[Malabar 2007|Malabar Naval Exercise]] between [[Australia]], [[India]], [[Singapore]], [[Japan]] and [[United States]] in the [[Bay of Bengal]] in the years 2011-2015 and 2020-2021. | |||
In July 2014, ''Ranvijay'', accompanied by the stealth [[frigate]] {{INS|Shivalik|F47|2}} and fleet [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]] {{INS|Shakti|A57|2}}, took part in the INDRA War Games, a naval and army counter-terrorism exercise with [[Russia]]. | |||
In November 2016, ''Ranvijay'', accompanied by the [[corvette]] [[INS Kamorta (P28)]], took part in the [[SIMBEX]] War Games, a naval exercise with [[Singapore]] Navy which bought the RSN’s stealth frigate, RSS [[Formidable-class frigate|Formidable]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsindia-and-singapore-navies-hold-simbex-2016-annual-bilateral-maritime-exercise-5661064/ |title=naval-technology.com |access-date=10 April 2017 |archive-date=11 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411054216/http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsindia-and-singapore-navies-hold-simbex-2016-annual-bilateral-maritime-exercise-5661064/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
''Ranvijay'' | On 23 October 2021, ''Ranvijay'' caught fire at the [[Visakhapatnam]] Naval Base. Four of her crew were hospitalised.<ref name="Fleetmon35917">{{cite web |url=https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2021/35917/indian-navy-destroyer-fire-4-hospitalized/ |title=Indian Navy destroyer fire, 4 hospitalized |publisher=Fleetmon |first=Mikhail |last=Voychenco |access-date=24 October 2021}}</ref> | ||
INS ''Ranvijay'' participated at the [[International Fleet Review 2026]] held at Visakapatanam.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2026-02-14 |title=India’s indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant to steal the show in IFR 2026 in Vizag |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/indias-indigenous-aircraft-carrier-ins-vikrant-to-steal-the-show-in-ifr-2026-in-vizag/articleshow/128355649.cms |access-date=2026-02-16 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> | |||
==Awards and recognition== | ==Awards and recognition== | ||
''Ranvijay'' received the best ship of the Eastern Fleet Trophy for the year 2006–07 and 2011–12. | INS ''Ranvijay'' has won the prestigious Cock Trophy in the annual Western Fleet whaler boat regatta held at the Naval Dockyard on 7 January 2006.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 January 2006 |title=INS Ranvijay triumphs |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/ins-ranvijay-triumphs/article3236972.ece |access-date=6 July 2019 |newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> | ||
''Ranvijay'' received the best ship of the [[Eastern Fleet (India)|Eastern Fleet]] Trophy for the year 2006–07 and 2011–12. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:01, 26 February 2026
INS Ranvijay (lit. 'Victorious in Battle') is a -class destroyer in active service with the Indian Navy. Ranvijay was commissioned on 21 December 1987.[1]
Service history[edit | edit source]
Ranvijay participated in the multinational Malabar Naval Exercise between Australia, India, Singapore, Japan and United States in the Bay of Bengal in the years 2011-2015 and 2020-2021.
In July 2014, Ranvijay, accompanied by the stealth frigate Shivalik and fleet tanker Shakti, took part in the INDRA War Games, a naval and army counter-terrorism exercise with Russia.
In November 2016, Ranvijay, accompanied by the corvette INS Kamorta (P28), took part in the SIMBEX War Games, a naval exercise with Singapore Navy which bought the RSN’s stealth frigate, RSS Formidable.[2]
On 23 October 2021, Ranvijay caught fire at the Visakhapatnam Naval Base. Four of her crew were hospitalised.[3]
INS Ranvijay participated at the International Fleet Review 2026 held at Visakapatanam.[4]
Awards and recognition[edit | edit source]
INS Ranvijay has won the prestigious Cock Trophy in the annual Western Fleet whaler boat regatta held at the Naval Dockyard on 7 January 2006.[5]
Ranvijay received the best ship of the Eastern Fleet Trophy for the year 2006–07 and 2011–12.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Commander C.S. Patham and Captain Ajithkumar J Varma -
Ranvijay during Exercise Malabar 2007 -
Ranvijay with sailors on deck in blue uniform
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Navy vessel INS Ranvijay completes 37 years". www.deccanchronicle.com. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ "naval-technology.com". Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ↑ Voychenco, Mikhail. "Indian Navy destroyer fire, 4 hospitalized". Fleetmon. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ↑ "India's indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant to steal the show in IFR 2026 in Vizag". The Times of India. 14 February 2026. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
- ↑ "INS Ranvijay triumphs". The Hindu. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
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