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Name:	INS Nilgiri
Namesake:	Nilgiri Hills
Ordered:	1964
Builder:	Mazagon Docks Ltd, Mumbai
Laid down:	October 1966
Launched:	October 1968
Commissioned:	3 June 1972
Decommissioned:	1996
Fate:	Sunk in a Sea Eagle AShM test from a carrier-launched Sea Harrier in 1997
General characteristics
Class and type:	-class frigate
Displacement:	2682 tons (standard); 2962 tons (full load);
Length:	113 m (371 ft)
Beam:	13 m (43 ft)
Draught:	4.3 m (14 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × 550 psi boilers; 2 × 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) motors;
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)
Sensors and ; processing systems:	Signaal DA05 / BEL PFN513 radar; Signaal LW08 / BEL RAWL02 surface radar; Signaal ZW06 / BEL RASHMI navigation radar; Signaal M-45 navigation radar; Westinghouse SQS-505 / Graesby 750 sonar; Type 170 active attack sonar;
Armament:	2 × MK.6 Vickers 115 mm guns; 4 × AK-230 30 mm guns; 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns; 2 × triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or the Indian NST-58 torpedoes;
Aircraft carried:	1 HAL Chetak

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INS Nilgiri (F33) was the lead ship of her class of frigates. Commissioned on 3 June 1972 into the Indian Navy, she was decommissioned in 1996.

INS Nilgiri was the first major warship built in India keel up, with a displacement ~20x that of an Ajay class patrol vessel. INS Nilgiri was built at Mazagon Docks Limited, Mumbai in collaboration with Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow. The collaboration involved designs of the Royal Navy's improved Type 12 general purpose frigate and technical and training support for construction of 6 vessels. The project to build Nilgiri was led by Homi Sethna and Commander (later Rear Admiral) Prakash N Gour. The success of Nilgiri led to the Indian Navy along with Mazagon Docks redesigning the last two ships of the class – INS Vindhyagiri and INS Taragiri to add the Sea King helicopter, ILAS 324 mm torpedo tubes and Bofors ASW rocket launcher.

The ship was fitted with the Agouti system to minimize propeller cavitation noise.^[2]

Decommissioning

INS Nilgiri was decommissioned in 1996. She was sunk on 24 April 1997, in a test firing of a Sea Eagle anti-ship missile by a Sea Harrier Frs Mk.51 taking off from the aircraft carrier INS Viraat.

References

↑ "GIRI CLASS (Himgiri, Dunagiri, Taragiri, Udaygiri, Vindhyagiri)". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
↑ Hiranandani, G. M. (2000). Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965–1975. Lancer Publishers. ISBN 9781897829721.

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[in-nilgiri-1] "GIRI CLASS (Himgiri, Dunagiri, Taragiri, Udaygiri, Vindhyagiri)". indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[2] Hiranandani, G. M. (2000). Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965–1975. Lancer Publishers. ISBN 9781897829721.

[3] Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Dhanush.

[4] Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Shamsher.

[5] Renamed as INS Kukri post republic.

[6] Renamed as INS Hooghly post republic.

[7] Renamed as INS Tir post republic.

[8] Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978.

[9] Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978.

[10] Later reclassified as frigates

[11] Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum.

[12] Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind.

[13] Renamed as INS Kaveri post republic.

[14] Renamed as INS Sutlej post republic.

[15] Renamed as INS Jumuna post republic.

[16] Renamed as INS Krisna post republic.

[17] Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz.

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-INS ''Nilgiri'' was the first major warship built in India keel up. It was built at Mazagon Docks Limited, [[Mumbai]] in collaboration with Yarrow Shipbuilders, [[Glasgow]]. The collaboration involved designs of the [[Royal Navy]]'s improved Type 12 general purpose [[frigate]] and technical and training support for construction of 6 vessels. The project to build ''Nilgiri'' was led by Homi Sethna and Commander (later Rear Admiral) Prakash N Gour. The success of ''Nilgiri'' led to the Indian Navy along with Mazagon Docks redesigning the last two ships of the class – {{INS|Vindhyagiri}} and {{INS|Taragiri}} to add the [[Westland Sea King|Sea King]] helicopter, ILAS 324&nbsp;mm torpedo tubes and Bofors ASW rocket launcher.
+INS ''Nilgiri'' was the first major warship built in India keel up, with a displacement ~20x that of an Ajay class patrol vessel. INS Nilgiri was built at Mazagon Docks Limited, [[Mumbai]] in collaboration with Yarrow Shipbuilders, [[Glasgow]]. The collaboration involved designs of the [[Royal Navy]]'s improved Type 12 general purpose [[frigate]] and technical and training support for construction of 6 vessels. The project to build ''Nilgiri'' was led by Homi Sethna and Commander (later Rear Admiral) Prakash N Gour. The success of ''Nilgiri'' led to the Indian Navy along with Mazagon Docks redesigning the last two ships of the class – {{INS|Vindhyagiri}} and {{INS|Taragiri}} to add the [[Westland Sea King|Sea King]] helicopter, ILAS 324&nbsp;mm torpedo tubes and Bofors ASW rocket launcher.
-The ship was fitted with the Agouti system to minimize propellor [[cavitation]] noise.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFyMKROi46kC&pg=PA281|title=Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965–1975|first=G. M.|last=Hiranandani|date=2000|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=9781897829721}}</ref>
+The ship was fitted with the Agouti system to minimize propeller [[cavitation]] noise.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFyMKROi46kC&pg=PA281|title=Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965–1975|first=G. M.|last=Hiranandani|date=2000|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=9781897829721}}</ref>
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