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Smaller ships escorting two large ones — A flotilla of the Indian Navy's Western Fleet escort INS *Vikramaditya* and INS *Viraat* in the Arabian Sea.

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoueverable, long-distance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers.^[1]^[2] Seventeen destroyers have served, or currently serve, in the Indian Navy. The navy operates 11 guided-missile destroyers from three classes: class, class, and class.^[3] Six other destroyers (three R class and three class) have been decommissioned and scrapped.^[4]^[5]

Although destroyers were introduced during the early 20th century and were widely used by the end of World War II, India had none until 1949.^[4] The R-class INS Ranjit, built in the United Kingdom, was the first destroyer commissioned in the Indian Navy.^[6] Two more of the R-class were later commissioned.^[4] Three Hunt-class destroyers were commissioned in 1953 to succeed the R-class destroyers.^[5] These ships (all of which were built in the United Kingdom) were decommissioned by 1976, with the Hunt-class INS Godavari the last.^[7]^[8]^[9]

During the 1980s, India signed an agreement with the Soviet Union for five guided-missile destroyers, built as the Rajput class.^[10] The first ship -(INS Rajput - was commissioned on 30 September 1980. Four of the five Rajput-class are still in active service, Ranjit was decommissioned in 2019.^[11]^[12] The Rajput class was succeeded by the Delhi class, with INS Delhi, Mysore and Mumbai commissioned in 1997, 1999 and 2001 respectively.^[13] The Delhi-class destroyers, built in India,^[13] were succeeded by the Kolkata-class in 2014.^[14] The three Kolkata-class ships were commissioned in 2014–2016, with INS Chennai being the last.^[15] An improvement of the Kolkata-class, INS Visakhapatnam (part of the class), was introduced in April 2015 and will reportedly be commissioned by 2021. Three more vessels are planned as part of the Visakhapatnam class.^[16]

Commissioned ships

Ten destroyers from three classes are in active service.^[17] INS Kolkata, the lead ship of the -class destroyer with about 7,500 tonnes of displacement, is the largest.^[15] A total of three Kolkata-class ships are currently in service with the Indian Navy. The Kolkata-class destroyers were preceded by the -class destroyer which entered service with the 1997 of its lead ship, INS Delhi. The Delhi class were the first destroyers built in India. The -class destroyers, which preceded the Delhi class, consists of five ships built in the Soviet Union and were commissioned from 1980 to 1990.^[10]

Visakhapatnam-class

The Visakhapatnam class (Project 15B) is a class of stealth guided missile destroyers under construction. An improved version of the Kolkata class and ordered in 2011, the first Visakhapatnam-class ship is expected to be completed in 2018. The first vessel of this class is expected to get commissioned with INS Vikrant and INS Arighat.^[18]^[19] The class will have enhanced stealth characteristics and state-of-the-art weaponry and sensors, including the long-range Barak 8 surface-to-air missile. The first ship's keel was laid in October 2013. The Visakhapatnam class are armed with a 76 mm main gun and an AK-630 close-in anti-missile gun system.^[20]^[21]

Ship	Picture	Armament	Displacement	Service		Origin
Ship	Picture	Armament	Displacement	Laid down	Commissioned	Origin
Visakhapatnam		2 x 16-cell VLS^[19] for Barak 8 missiles (range 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 100 km (62 mi))^[22]^[23] 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles^[19] 76 mm Oto Melara SRGM gun 4 × AK-630 CIWS 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers^[24]	7,500 tonnes^[24]	12 October 2013^[25]^[26]	21 November 2021^[27]^[28]	India
Mormugao			7,500 tonnes^[24]	4 June 2015	18 December 2022	India

Kolkata class

The Kolkata class (Project 15A) is a class of guided missile destroyers with stealth technology.^[14] By the year 2000, the Indian Navy had redesigned the follow-on Kolkata class to improve technology (including modern stealth characteristics) and in May of that year, approval for the construction was given. Concept and function for Project 15A was framed by the navy's Directorate of Naval Design, while the detailed design was developed by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).^[29] It consists of three ships (Kolkata, Kochi and Chennai), built by Mazagon Dock Limited, which are the navy's largest destroyers. Due to construction delays and a problem discovered during sea trials, the first ship's commission was postponed from 2010 to 2014.^[30]

Although the dimensions of Kolkata-class ships are similar to the previous Delhi class, their weaponry, sensors and helicopter systems have been upgraded.^[31] With a standard displacement of 6,800 t (6,700 long tons; 7,500 short tons) and a full-load displacement of 7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons) (two sources reported a full-load displacement of 7,500 t (7,400 long tons; 8,300 short tons)),^[15]^[32] they are the navy's largest destroyers.^[33]

The ships' main air-defence armament is two 4x8-cell vertical launching systems (VLS) allowing up to 32 Barak 8 (medium- to long-range) missiles.^[34] Four AK-630 CIWS are fitted for near defence.^[14]

The Kolkata-class ships' primary offensive armament is supersonic BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack missiles.^[35] The BrahMos missiles are fitted into a 16-cell universal vertical launcher module (UVLM) allowing one missile per launch silo; all 16 missiles can be fired in salvo.^[36] A distinctive armament of the Kolkata class is its 76 mm (3.0 in) gun forward of the bridge. The 76 mm gun provides limited anti-shipping and anti-air capability in addition to naval gunfire support for land-based operations.^[14] For anti-submarine warfare, the class is equipped with a torpedo-launching system (with four torpedo tubes) and two RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers.^[14]^[37] Bharat Electronics Limited's electronic modular command and control applications (EMCCA) Mk4 provides combat management.^[38]

Ship	Picture	Armament	Displacement	Service		Origin
Ship	Picture	Armament	Displacement	Laid down	Commissioned	Origin
Kolkata^[33]		4 × 8-cell VLS for Barak 8 LR-SAM missiles 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack missiles 76 mm Oto Melara SRGM gun 4 × AK-630 CIWS 2 × twin tube 533mm torpedo launchers 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rockets^[14]	7,400 tonnes^[39]	26 September 2003^[40]	16 August 2014^[33]	India^[14]^[17]
Kochi^[41]^[42]			7,500 tonnes^[41]	25 October 2005^[41]	30 September 2015^[41]
Chennai^[43]			7,500 tonnes^[41]	21 February 2006^[40]	21 November 2016^[43]^[44]

Delhi class

The Delhi-class vessels are the third-largest warships designed and built in India, after the Kolkata-class destroyers and the -class frigates. They were built by Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai.^[17] Delhi-class design has Soviet and Western influences, incorporating elements of the [[]], Rajput and Kashin-II-class destroyers and the -class frigate.^[45]

Delhi-class vessels are fitted with flag facilities, enabling them to act as command unit in task groups.^[45] The vessels are equipped to enable operation in a nuclear, biological and chemical warfare environment.^[46] For primary air defence, Delhi class is fitted with 9K-90 Uragan air-defence system comprising a pair of 3S-90 single-arm launchers and 9M38M1 Shtil missiles. One launcher is installed forward of the bridge and the other atop the dual helicopter hangar. Each launcher carries a 24 missile magazine for a total of 48 rounds.^[47] The Delhi class is being upgraded with the Rafael Barak 1 point air defence missile system. It has a pair of eight-cell vertical launch systems and missile command-to-line-of-sight (CLOS) radar guidance with a range of 10 km (6.2 mi).^[13]

The ships have a five 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes, which can be used to launch SET 65E active/passive homing torpedo and Type 53-65 wake homing torpedo, and is capable of hitting targets ranging from 15 km (9.3 mi) to 19 km (12 mi). They are equipped with two RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers with 12 tubes. They carry a 31 kg (68 lb) warhead and have a range of 6 km (3.7 mi).^[13]

Ship	Picture	Armament	Displacement	Service		Origin
Ship	Picture	Armament	Displacement	Laid down	Commissioned	Origin
Delhi		16 × Kh-35 Switchblade (SS-N-25) SSM (4 quadruple launchers) 16 × Barak 1 (2 × 8-cell) VLS missiles (except Mumbai) 2 × Uragan SAM systems (48 9M38M1 Shtil missiles) 100 mm AK-100 gun 2 × 30 mm AK-630 rotary cannons 2 × RBU-6000 213 mm anti-submarine mortar arrays Quintuple 533-millimetre (21 in) torpedo tubes^[13]^[45]	6,200 tonnes^[48]	14 November 1987^[13]	15 November 1997^[13]	India^[17]
Mysore				2 February 1991^[13]	2 June 1999^[13]
Mumbai				14 December 1992^[13]	22 January 2001^[13]

Rajput class

The Rajput-class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy (also known as Kashin-II class) are modified versions of Soviet Kashin-class destroyers. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union with Indian modifications to the Kashin design. These included the replacement of the helicopter pad in the original design with a flight elevator (to transports flights, aircraft, and helicopters, from hangar deck to flight deck, and changes to the electronics and combat systems. Five units were built for export to India during the 1980s.^[10]

The Rajput class inherited its anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare roles for aircraft carrier task-force defence against submarines, low-flying aircraft and cruise missiles from the Kashin class. They were the first ships in the Indian Navy to deploy the BrahMos supersonic cruise-missile systems, deployed during a mid-life refit of the ships. The missile system has four missiles in inclined, bow-mounted launchers (replacing two SS-N-2D Styx AShM launchers in INS Rajput) and an eight-cell VLS system replacing INS Ranvir and INS Ranvijay's aft S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launchers. Ranvijay was deployed with an updated vertical launcher for the BrahMos missile.^[10]^[12]^[49] The Indian Navy is planning to upgrade the propulsion of Rajput-class ships with an indigenously-developed Kaveri marine gas turbine (KMGT) engine. The Defence Research and Development Organisation Gas Turbine Research Establishment is developing this engine, which is currently being tested.^[50]

Ship	Armament	Displacement	Commissioned	Origin
Rana	4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM missiles 2 × S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launchers 76.2 mm main gun 4 × 30 mm AK-230 CIWS 16 × VL-SRSAM 533 mm PTA quintuple torpedo tube launcher 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars^[10]^[12]	4,974 tonnes^[12]	28 June 1982^[12]	Soviet Union^[10]^[17] ^[12]
Ranvir	8 × BrahMos aft VLS and 4 SS-N-2D Styx AShM missiles S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launcher 2 × Barak SAM 8-cell launchers 2 × 30 mm AK-630M CIWS 533 mm PTA quintuple torpedo tube launcher 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars^[10]^[12]		28 August 1986^[12]
Ranvijay			21 December 1987^[51]

Decommissioned ships

All presently-decommissioned Indian Navy destroyers were built in the United Kingdom and Soviet Union. The R-class INS Ranjit was the first destroyer commissioned by the navy; two more R-class ships were later commissioned.^[4] Three -class destroyers were commissioned in 1953 to succeed the R-class destroyers.^[5] The R-class INS Rana was decommissioned on 30 June 1973, the first decommissioned destroyer. It was followed by INS Rajput in 1973, INS Ranjit, INS Gomati and INS Ganga in 1975 and INS Godavari in 1976. All the British-built ships were decommissioned by 1976.^[4]^[5] INS Ranjit became the first ship from the Rajput-class to be decommissioned. The ship was decommissioned on 6 May 2019.^[11]

Rajput class

The Rajput-class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy (also known as Kashin-II class) are modified versions of Soviet Kashin-class destroyers. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union with Indian modifications to the Kashin design. These included the replacement of the helicopter pad in the original design with a flight elevator (to transports flights, aircraft, and helicopters, from hangar deck to flight deck, and changes to the electronics and combat systems. Five units were built for export to India during the 1980s.^[10]

Ship	Picture	Armament	Displacement	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Origin	Fate
INS Ranjit (D53)		4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM missiles 2 × S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launchers 76.2 mm main gun 4 × 30 mm AK-630M CIWS 533 mm PTA quintuple torpedo tube launcher 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars^[10]^[12]	4,974 tonnes^[12]	24 September 1983^[52]	6 May 2019^[11]	Soviet Union^[10]	Decommissioned
INS Rajput (D51)		4 × BrahMos supersonic missiles and 2 SS-N-2D Styx AShM missiles Dhanush ballistic missile 2 × S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launchers 76.2 mm main gun 4 × 30 mm AK-230 CIWS 533 mm PTA quintuple torpedo tube launcher 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars^[10]^[12]	4,974 tonnes^[12]	4 May 1980 ^[12]	21 May 2021^[53]	Soviet Union^[10]	Decommissioned

R class

The R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. The Q and R class repeated the preceding O and P class, reverting to the larger J, K and N-class hull to allow for increased top weight (maximum permissible weight). Since they had fewer main guns than the J, K and Ns, magazine space was replaced by fuel bunkers^[54] allowing for 4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h). This compared with the 3,700 nmi (6,900 km) of the preceding classes. Like the O and P classes, they were armed with available weapons: 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns on single mountings allowing only 40° of elevation. As a result, on paper they do not compare favourably with many of their contemporaries. These ships used the Fuze Keeping Clock HA Fire Control Computer.^[55] The R class repeated the Qs, except that the officers' accommodation was moved from the traditional right aft to a more accessible location amidships.^[54]^[56]

Ship	Picture	Armament	Displacement	Service				Origin	Fate
Ship	Picture	Armament	Displacement	Laid down	Commissioned (Royal Navy)	Commissioned (Indian Navy)	Decommissioned	Origin	Fate
INS Rajput (D141) Formerly HMS Rotherham (H09)^[6]		4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk.IX guns, single-mount CP Mk.XVIII 4 × QF 2pdr Mk.VIII (40 mm L39), quad-mount Mk.VII 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon, single-mount P Mk.III 8 × 2x4 tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX Up to 3 throwers & racks for 45 depth charges^[4]	2,449 tonnes^[54]^[56]	10 April 1941^[54]^[56]	August 1942^[54]^[56]	27 July 1949^[54]^[56]	1976^[54]^[56]	United Kingdom ^[54]^[56]	scrapped^[4]^[57]
INS Ranjit Formerly HMS Redoubt (H41)^[58]				19 June 1941^[54]^[56]	1 October 1942^[54]^[56]	1949^[54]^[56]	1979^[54]^[56]
INS Rana (D115) Formerly HMS Raider (H15)^[59]				1941^[54]^[56]	16 November 1942^[54]^[56]	1949^[54]^[56]	1976^[54]^[56]

Hunt class

The Hunt class was a class of Royal Navy escort destroyer. The first ships were ordered early in 1939 and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British east coast and in Mediterranean convoys. The Hunts were modelled on the 1938 escort sloop Bittern. The Hunt class had three twin QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI gun with a quadruple QF 2-pounder-mount Mark VII on a hull of the same length, but with 8 feet (2 m) less beam and installed power raised to 19,000 shp (14,000 kW) to give 27 knots (50 km/h). The first twenty were ordered in March and April 1939. They were constructed to Admiralty standards (like contemporary destroyers), unlike frigates which followed mercantile practice.^[60]^[61]^[62]

Ship	Picture	Armament	Displacement	Service				Fate
Ship	Picture	Armament	Displacement	Laid down	Commissioned (Royal Navy)	Commissioned (Indian Navy)	Decommissioned	Fate
INS Godavari (D92) (Formerly HMS Bedale)		6 × 102 mm QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval guns (3 twin turrets) 4 × 40 mm QF 2-pdr 2–4 × 20 mm antiaircraft cannons 2 depth charge launchers 4 depth charge throwers^[7]	1,450 tonnes^{[citation needed]}	25 May 1940^[7]	27 July 1946^[7]	27 April 1953^[7]	1976^[7]	damaged beyond repair 1976. scrapped 1979 ^[57]^[62]
INS Gomati (D93) Formerly HMS Lamerton (L88)		6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII 2 × (later 4) 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks^[8]^[9]		10 April 1940^[8]	16 August 1941^[8]	24 April 1953^[8]	1975^[8]	struck from active in 1975 scrapped ^[8]^[62]
INS Ganga (D94)^{[Note 1]}				1 March 1940^[9]	October 1941^[9]	18 June 1953^[9]	1975^[9]	struck from active in 1975. scrapped ^[57]^[9]^[62]

Future ships

Visakhapatnam-class

The Visakhapatnam class (Project 15B) is a class of stealth guided missile destroyers under construction. An improved version of the Kolkata class and ordered in 2011, the first Visakhapatnam-class ship is expected to be completed in 2018. The first vessel of this class is expected to get commissioned with INS Vikrant and INS Arighat.^[18]^[19] The class will have enhanced stealth characteristics and state-of-the-art weaponry and sensors, including the long-range Barak 8 surface-to-air missile. The first ship's keel was laid in October 2013. The Visakhapatnam class will be armed with a 127 mm main gun and an AK-630 close-in anti-missile gun system.^[20]^[21]

Ship	Armament	Displacement	Laid down	Launched	Commission	Status	Origin
INS Imphal	2 x 16-cell VLS^[19] for Barak 8 missiles (range 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 100 km (62 mi))^[22]^[23] 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles^[19] 1 x BAE 5 inch 62-calibre Mk 45 naval gun^[63] 4 × AK-630 CIWS 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers^[24]	7,500 tonnes^[24]	19 May 2017^[64]	20 April 2019^[65]		Undergoing sea trials	India
INS Surat		7,500 tonnes^[24]	19 July 2018^[66]	17 May 2022^[67]		Under Construction	India

Notes

Footnotes

↑ Formerly HMS Chiddingfold (L31).

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-Although destroyers were introduced during the early 20th century and were widely used by the end of [[World War II]], India had none until 1949.<ref name="R-Class"/> The R-class {{INS|Ranjit|1949|6}}, built in the [[United Kingdom]], was the first destroyer commissioned in the Indian Navy.<ref name="HMS ROTHERHAM (H 09) INS Rajput" /> Two more of the [[Q and R-class destroyer|R-class]] were later commissioned.<ref name="R-Class"/> Three [[Hunt-class destroyer]]s were commissioned in 1953 to succeed the R-class destroyers.<ref name="Hunt class Destroyers">{{cite web |work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2 |first=Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date= 12 August 2011 |title=Hunt class Escort Destroyers  - General Information |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-aaHunt-class.htm|publisher=Naval-History.net|access-date=16 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205422/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-aaHunt-class.htm|archive-date=4 March 2022}}</ref> These ships (all of which were built in the United Kingdom) were decommissioned by 1976, with the Hunt-class {{INS|Godavari|D92|6}} the last.<ref name="ORP Slazak, Polish escort destroyer, ex-HMS Bedale; INS Godavari" /><ref name="HMS Lamerton, escort destroyer; INS Gomati" /><ref name="HMS Chiddingfold, escort destroyer; INS Ganga" />
+Although destroyers were introduced during the early 20th century and were widely used by the end of [[World War II]], India had none until 1949.<ref name="R-Class"/> The R-class {{INS|Ranjit|1949|6}}, built in the [[United Kingdom]], was the first destroyer commissioned in the Indian Navy.<ref name="HMS ROTHERHAM (H 09) INS Rajput" /> Two more of the [[Q and R-class destroyer|R-class]] were later commissioned.<ref name="R-Class"/> Three [[Hunt-class destroyer]]s were commissioned in 1953 to succeed the R-class destroyers.<ref name="Hunt class Destroyers">{{cite web |work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2 |first=Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date= 12 August 2011 |title=Hunt class Escort Destroyers  - General Information |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-aaHunt-class.htm|publisher=Naval-History.net|access-date=16 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205422/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-aaHunt-class.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> These ships (all of which were built in the United Kingdom) were decommissioned by 1976, with the Hunt-class {{INS|Godavari|D92|6}} the last.<ref name="ORP Slazak, Polish escort destroyer, ex-HMS Bedale; INS Godavari" /><ref name="HMS Lamerton, escort destroyer; INS Gomati" /><ref name="HMS Chiddingfold, escort destroyer; INS Ganga" />
-During the 1980s, India signed an agreement with the [[Soviet Union]] for five guided-missile destroyers, built as the ''Rajput'' class.<ref name="Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer {{!}} Military-Today.com" /> The first ship -({{INS|Rajput|D51|6}} - was commissioned on 30 September 1980. Four of the five ''Rajput''-class are still in active service, ''Ranjit'' was decommissioned in 2019.<ref name="ranjit-deco"/><ref name="Rajput Class" /> The ''Rajput'' class was succeeded by the [[Delhi-class destroyer|''Delhi'' class]], with {{INS|Delhi|D61|6}}, {{INS|Mysore|D60|2}} and {{INS|Mumbai|D62|2}} commissioned in 1997, 1999 and 2001 respectively.{{sfn|Saunders|2016|p=344}} The ''Delhi''-class destroyers, built in India,{{sfn|Saunders|2016|p=344}} were succeeded by the [[Kolkata-class destroyer|''Kolkata''-class]] in 2014.<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers" /> The three ''Kolkata''-class ships were  commissioned in 2014–2016, with {{INS|Chennai|D65|6}} being the last.<ref name="Navy gets its largest destroyer INS Kolkata" /> An improvement of the ''Kolkata''-class, {{INS|Visakhapatnam|D66|6}} (part of the {{sclass|Visakhapatnam|destroyer|4}}), was introduced in April 2015 and will reportedly be commissioned by 2021. Three more vessels are planned as part of the ''Visakhapatnam'' class.<ref name="Project 15B Improved Kolkata Class Destroyer">{{cite web|title=Project 15B Improved Kolkata Class Destroyer|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-project-15b.htm|website=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=16 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003140926/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-project-15b.htm|archive-date=3 October 2022}}</ref>
+During the 1980s, India signed an agreement with the [[Soviet Union]] for five guided-missile destroyers, built as the ''Rajput'' class.<ref name="Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer {{!}} Military-Today.com" /> The first ship -({{INS|Rajput|D51|6}} - was commissioned on 30 September 1980. Four of the five ''Rajput''-class are still in active service, ''Ranjit'' was decommissioned in 2019.<ref name="ranjit-deco"/><ref name="Rajput Class" /> The ''Rajput'' class was succeeded by the [[Delhi-class destroyer|''Delhi'' class]], with {{INS|Delhi|D61|6}}, {{INS|Mysore|D60|2}} and {{INS|Mumbai|D62|2}} commissioned in 1997, 1999 and 2001 respectively.{{sfn|Saunders|2016|p=344}} The ''Delhi''-class destroyers, built in India,{{sfn|Saunders|2016|p=344}} were succeeded by the [[Kolkata-class destroyer|''Kolkata''-class]] in 2014.<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers" /> The three ''Kolkata''-class ships were  commissioned in 2014–2016, with {{INS|Chennai|D65|6}} being the last.<ref name="Navy gets its largest destroyer INS Kolkata" /> An improvement of the ''Kolkata''-class, {{INS|Visakhapatnam|D66|6}} (part of the {{sclass|Visakhapatnam|destroyer|4}}), was introduced in April 2015 and will reportedly be commissioned by 2021. Three more vessels are planned as part of the ''Visakhapatnam'' class.<ref name="Project 15B Improved Kolkata Class Destroyer">{{cite web|title=Project 15B Improved Kolkata Class Destroyer|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-project-15b.htm|website=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=16 October 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003140926/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-project-15b.htm|archive-date=3 October 2016}}</ref>
 ==Commissioned ships==
-Ten destroyers from three classes are in active service.<ref name="Vikramaditya, Viraat, Delhi Class, Rajput Class, Kolkata Class : Indian Navy Official" /> {{INS|Kolkata|D63|6}}, the lead ship of the {{sclass|Kolkata|destroyer|3}} with about 7,500 tonnes of displacement, is the largest.<ref name="Navy gets its largest destroyer INS Kolkata">{{cite news|title=Navy gets its largest destroyer|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-gets-its-largest-destroyer/article6205050.ece|access-date=11 July 2016|work=The Hindu|date=13 July 2014|language=en-IN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303141734/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-gets-its-largest-destroyer/article6205050.ece|archive-date=3 March 2022}}</ref> A total of three ''Kolkata''-class ships are currently in service with the [[Indian Navy]]. The ''Kolkata''-class destroyers were preceded by the {{sclass|Delhi|destroyer|2}} which entered service with the 1997 of its lead ship, {{INS|Delhi|D61|6}}. The ''Delhi'' class were the first destroyers built in India. The {{sclass|Rajput|destroyer|0}} destroyers, which preceded the ''Delhi'' class, consists of five ships built in the [[Soviet Union]] and were commissioned from 1980 to 1990.<ref name="Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer {{!}} Military-Today.com" />
+Ten destroyers from three classes are in active service.<ref name="Vikramaditya, Viraat, Delhi Class, Rajput Class, Kolkata Class : Indian Navy Official" /> {{INS|Kolkata|D63|6}}, the lead ship of the {{sclass|Kolkata|destroyer|3}} with about 7,500 tonnes of displacement, is the largest.<ref name="Navy gets its largest destroyer INS Kolkata">{{cite news|title=Navy gets its largest destroyer|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-gets-its-largest-destroyer/article6205050.ece|access-date=11 July 2016|work=The Hindu|date=13 July 2014|language=en-IN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303141734/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navy-gets-its-largest-destroyer/article6205050.ece|archive-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> A total of three ''Kolkata''-class ships are currently in service with the [[Indian Navy]]. The ''Kolkata''-class destroyers were preceded by the {{sclass|Delhi|destroyer|2}} which entered service with the 1997 of its lead ship, {{INS|Delhi|D61|6}}. The ''Delhi'' class were the first destroyers built in India. The {{sclass|Rajput|destroyer|0}} destroyers, which preceded the ''Delhi'' class, consists of five ships built in the [[Soviet Union]] and were commissioned from 1980 to 1990.<ref name="Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer {{!}} Military-Today.com" />
 ===''Visakhapatnam''-class===
-The ''Visakhapatnam'' class (Project 15B) is a class of stealth [[guided missile destroyer#Indian Navy|guided missile destroyers]] under construction. An improved version of the ''Kolkata'' class and ordered in 2011, the first ''Visakhapatnam''-class ship is expected to be completed in 2018. The first vessel of this class is expected to get commissioned with INS Vikrant and INS Arighat.<ref name="Livefist">{{cite news|title=Navy's Next Destroyer Line Christened Visakhapatnam-class, 1st Launch Next Week|url=http://www.livefistdefence.com/2015/04/navys-next-destroyer-line-christened.html|access-date=16 April 2015|work=LiveFist defence|date=15 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415082844/http://www.livefistdefence.com/2015/04/navys-next-destroyer-line-christened.html|archive-date=15 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="Gady"/> The class will have enhanced stealth characteristics and state-of-the-art weaponry and sensors, including the long-range [[Barak 8]] [[surface-to-air missile]]. The first ship's [[Keel laying|keel was laid]] in October 2013. The ''Visakhapatnam'' class are armed with a 76&nbsp;mm main gun and an AK-630 close-in anti-missile gun system.<ref name="ndtv1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/all-about-the-ins-visakhapatnam-navys-newest-destroyer-755476|title=All About the INS Visakhapatnam, Navy's Most Powerful Destroyer|work=[[NDTV]]|last=Som|first=Vishnu|date=17 April 2015|access-date=16 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416165411/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/all-about-the-ins-visakhapatnam-navys-newest-destroyer-755476|archive-date=16 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="mzo1315b">{{cite news|title=Keel Laid For Yard 12704 (1st ship of P15 Bravo)|url=http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf|access-date=9 June 2014|website=Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders|date=12 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202183511/http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2022}}</ref>
+The ''Visakhapatnam'' class (Project 15B) is a class of stealth [[guided missile destroyer#Indian Navy|guided missile destroyers]] under construction. An improved version of the ''Kolkata'' class and ordered in 2011, the first ''Visakhapatnam''-class ship is expected to be completed in 2018. The first vessel of this class is expected to get commissioned with INS Vikrant and INS Arighat.<ref name="Livefist">{{cite news|title=Navy's Next Destroyer Line Christened Visakhapatnam-class, 1st Launch Next Week|url=http://www.livefistdefence.com/2015/04/navys-next-destroyer-line-christened.html|access-date=16 April 2015|work=LiveFist defence|date=15 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415082844/http://www.livefistdefence.com/2015/04/navys-next-destroyer-line-christened.html|archive-date=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="Gady"/> The class will have enhanced stealth characteristics and state-of-the-art weaponry and sensors, including the long-range [[Barak 8]] [[surface-to-air missile]]. The first ship's [[Keel laying|keel was laid]] in October 2013. The ''Visakhapatnam'' class are armed with a 76&nbsp;mm main gun and an AK-630 close-in anti-missile gun system.<ref name="ndtv1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/all-about-the-ins-visakhapatnam-navys-newest-destroyer-755476|title=All About the INS Visakhapatnam, Navy's Most Powerful Destroyer|work=[[NDTV]]|last=Som|first=Vishnu|date=17 April 2015|access-date=16 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416165411/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/all-about-the-ins-visakhapatnam-navys-newest-destroyer-755476|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="mzo1315b">{{cite news|title=Keel Laid For Yard 12704 (1st ship of P15 Bravo)|url=http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf|access-date=9 June 2014|website=Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders|date=12 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202183511/http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>
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-* 2 x 16-cell VLS<ref name="Gady">{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/china-beware-here-comes-indias-most-powerful-destroyer/|title=China Beware: Here Comes India's Most Powerful Destroyer|last=Gady|first=Franz-Stefan|website=The Diplomat|access-date=1 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526214851/https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/china-beware-here-comes-indias-most-powerful-destroyer/|archive-date=26 May 2022}}</ref> for [[Barak 8]] missiles (range {{convert|0.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}})<ref name="The Telegraph">{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151128/jsp/nation/story_55591.jsp#.VoO8K0vraSE |author=Dutta, Sujan |title=Israel ship missile test for India |website=The Telegraph |date=28 November 2015 |access-date=16 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104040421/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151128/jsp/nation/story_55591.jsp#.VoO8K0vraSE |archive-date=4 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="The Times of India">{{cite web |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Gen-Next-missile-defence-shield-built-by-Israel-and-India-clears-first-hurdle/articleshow/49955127.cms |title=Gen Next missile defence shield built by Israel and India clears first hurdle |author=Pandit, Rajit |website=The Times of India |date=28 November 2015 |access-date=16 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202081522/http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Gen-Next-missile-defence-shield-built-by-Israel-and-India-clears-first-hurdle/articleshow/49955127.cms |archive-date=2 December 2015 }}</ref>
+* 2 x 16-cell VLS<ref name="Gady">{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/china-beware-here-comes-indias-most-powerful-destroyer/|title=China Beware: Here Comes India's Most Powerful Destroyer|last=Gady|first=Franz-Stefan|website=The Diplomat|access-date=1 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526214851/https://thediplomat.com/2015/04/china-beware-here-comes-indias-most-powerful-destroyer/|archive-date=26 May 2016}}</ref> for [[Barak 8]] missiles (range {{convert|0.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}})<ref name="The Telegraph">{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151128/jsp/nation/story_55591.jsp#.VoO8K0vraSE |author=Dutta, Sujan |title=Israel ship missile test for India |website=The Telegraph |date=28 November 2015 |access-date=16 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104040421/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151128/jsp/nation/story_55591.jsp#.VoO8K0vraSE |archive-date=4 November 2016 }}</ref><ref name="The Times of India">{{cite web |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Gen-Next-missile-defence-shield-built-by-Israel-and-India-clears-first-hurdle/articleshow/49955127.cms |title=Gen Next missile defence shield built by Israel and India clears first hurdle |author=Pandit, Rajit |website=The Times of India |date=28 November 2015 |access-date=16 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202081522/http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Gen-Next-missile-defence-shield-built-by-Israel-and-India-clears-first-hurdle/articleshow/49955127.cms |archive-date=2 December 2015 }}</ref>
 * 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 [[BrahMos]] anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles<ref name="Gady"/>
 * 76&nbsp;mm Oto Melara SRGM gun
 * 4 × AK-630 CIWS
 * 4 × 533&nbsp;mm torpedo tubes
-* 2 × [[RBU-6000]] anti-submarine rocket launchers<ref name="INS Visakhapatnam: 11 things you need to know about India's latest destroyer warship">{{cite web|title=INS Visakhapatnam: 11 things you need to know about India's latest destroyer warship|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-ins-visakhapatnam-11-things-you-need-to-know-about-india-s-latest-destroyer-warship-2078995|website=Daily News and Analysis|access-date=17 October 2016|date=20 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128100706/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-ins-visakhapatnam-11-things-you-need-to-know-about-india-s-latest-destroyer-warship-2078995|archive-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>
+* 2 × [[RBU-6000]] anti-submarine rocket launchers<ref name="INS Visakhapatnam: 11 things you need to know about India's latest destroyer warship">{{cite web|title=INS Visakhapatnam: 11 things you need to know about India's latest destroyer warship|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-ins-visakhapatnam-11-things-you-need-to-know-about-india-s-latest-destroyer-warship-2078995|website=Daily News and Analysis|access-date=17 October 2016|date=20 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128100706/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-ins-visakhapatnam-11-things-you-need-to-know-about-india-s-latest-destroyer-warship-2078995|archive-date=28 January 2017}}</ref>
 |rowspan=2|7,500 tonnes<ref name="INS Visakhapatnam: 11 things you need to know about India's latest destroyer warship"/>
 |12 October 2013<ref>{{cite news|title=Keel Laid for P15 Bravo Ships|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOIM%2F2013%2F10%2F25&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=28&EntityId=Ar02806&AppName=2|work=The Times of India|date=25 October 2013|location=Mumbai}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf|title=Mazagon Dock Keel Laying Ceremony|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202183511/http://www.mazagondock.gov.in/newsite2010/pdfs/msg/KEEL%20LAID%20FOR%20YARD%2012704.pdf|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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 ===''Kolkata'' class===
-The ''Kolkata'' class (Project 15A) is a class of [[guided missile destroyer]]s with [[Stealth ship|stealth technology]].<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers" /> By the year 2000, the Indian Navy had redesigned the follow-on ''Kolkata'' class to improve technology (including modern stealth characteristics) and in May of that year, approval for the construction was given. Concept and function for Project 15A was framed by the navy's Directorate of Naval Design, while the detailed design was developed by [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] (MDL).<ref name="World-class warships at Indian prices">{{cite web|author1=Shukla, Ajai|title=World-class warships at Indian prices|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=320123|website=Business Standard|access-date=9 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607145746/http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=320123|archive-date=7 June 2022}}</ref> It consists of three ships (''Kolkata'', ''Kochi'' and ''Chennai''), built by Mazagon Dock Limited, which are the navy's largest destroyers. Due to construction delays and a problem discovered during [[sea trial]]s, the first ship's commission was postponed from 2010 to 2014.<ref name=it10j13>{{cite news|title=Navy's ongoing hunt for heavy torpedoes leads to delay in modernisation process|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-navy-hits-modernisation-crisis-no-weapons-tarpedoes/1/279309.html|access-date=20 July 2013|newspaper=India Today|date=10 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717085017/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-navy-hits-modernisation-crisis-no-weapons-tarpedoes/1/279309.html|archive-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>
+The ''Kolkata'' class (Project 15A) is a class of [[guided missile destroyer]]s with [[Stealth ship|stealth technology]].<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers" /> By the year 2000, the Indian Navy had redesigned the follow-on ''Kolkata'' class to improve technology (including modern stealth characteristics) and in May of that year, approval for the construction was given. Concept and function for Project 15A was framed by the navy's Directorate of Naval Design, while the detailed design was developed by [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] (MDL).<ref name="World-class warships at Indian prices">{{cite web|author1=Shukla, Ajai|title=World-class warships at Indian prices|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=320123|website=Business Standard|access-date=9 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607145746/http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=320123|archive-date=7 June 2011}}</ref> It consists of three ships (''Kolkata'', ''Kochi'' and ''Chennai''), built by Mazagon Dock Limited, which are the navy's largest destroyers. Due to construction delays and a problem discovered during [[sea trial]]s, the first ship's commission was postponed from 2010 to 2014.<ref name=it10j13>{{cite news|title=Navy's ongoing hunt for heavy torpedoes leads to delay in modernisation process|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-navy-hits-modernisation-crisis-no-weapons-tarpedoes/1/279309.html|access-date=20 July 2013|newspaper=India Today|date=10 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717085017/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-navy-hits-modernisation-crisis-no-weapons-tarpedoes/1/279309.html|archive-date=17 July 2013}}</ref>
-Although the dimensions of ''Kolkata''-class ships are similar to the previous ''Delhi'' class, their weaponry, sensors and helicopter systems have been upgraded.<ref name=ajrn20a12>{{cite news|last1=Shukla|first1=Ajai|title=Dangerous consequences of warships built in India|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/dangerous-consequences-of-warships-built-in-india/20120820.htm|access-date=9 June 2014|website=Rediff News|date=20 August 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714172551/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/dangerous-consequences-of-warships-built-in-india/20120820.htm|archive-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> With a standard displacement of {{convert|6800|t|abbr=on}} and a full-load displacement of {{convert|7400|t|abbr=on}} (two sources reported a full-load displacement of {{convert|7500|t|abbr=on}}),<ref name="Navy gets its largest destroyer INS Kolkata" /><ref name="defxprss">{{cite news|url=http://www.defenceexpress.com/index.php/navy/item/277-largest-destroyer-project-of-navy-hit-by-delay|title=Largest destroyer project of Navy hit by delay|website=Defence Express|date=6 June 2013|access-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810205631/http://www.defenceexpress.com/index.php/navy/item/277-largest-destroyer-project-of-navy-hit-by-delay|archive-date=10 August 2022}}</ref> they are the navy's largest destroyers.<ref name="INS Kolkata - IN Official" />
+Although the dimensions of ''Kolkata''-class ships are similar to the previous ''Delhi'' class, their weaponry, sensors and helicopter systems have been upgraded.<ref name=ajrn20a12>{{cite news|last1=Shukla|first1=Ajai|title=Dangerous consequences of warships built in India|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/dangerous-consequences-of-warships-built-in-india/20120820.htm|access-date=9 June 2014|website=Rediff News|date=20 August 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714172551/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/dangerous-consequences-of-warships-built-in-india/20120820.htm|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> With a standard displacement of {{convert|6800|t|abbr=on}} and a full-load displacement of {{convert|7400|t|abbr=on}} (two sources reported a full-load displacement of {{convert|7500|t|abbr=on}}),<ref name="Navy gets its largest destroyer INS Kolkata" /><ref name="defxprss">{{cite news|url=http://www.defenceexpress.com/index.php/navy/item/277-largest-destroyer-project-of-navy-hit-by-delay|title=Largest destroyer project of Navy hit by delay|website=Defence Express|date=6 June 2013|access-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810205631/http://www.defenceexpress.com/index.php/navy/item/277-largest-destroyer-project-of-navy-hit-by-delay|archive-date=10 August 2014}}</ref> they are the navy's largest destroyers.<ref name="INS Kolkata - IN Official" />
-The ships' main air-defence armament is two 4x8-cell [[vertical launching system]]s (VLS) allowing up to 32 [[Barak 8 (missile)|Barak 8]] (medium- to long-range) missiles.<ref name="On INS Kolkata, PM is Only Partially Correct">{{cite web|title=On INS Kolkata, PM is Only Partially Correct|url=http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/on-ins-kolkata-pm-is-only-partially-correct-654566|website=NDTV|access-date=29 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608020247/http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/on-ins-kolkata-pm-is-only-partially-correct-654566|archive-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> Four [[AK-630]] [[Close-in weapon system|CIWS]] are fitted for near defence.<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers" />
+The ships' main air-defence armament is two 4x8-cell [[vertical launching system]]s (VLS) allowing up to 32 [[Barak 8 (missile)|Barak 8]] (medium- to long-range) missiles.<ref name="On INS Kolkata, PM is Only Partially Correct">{{cite web|title=On INS Kolkata, PM is Only Partially Correct|url=http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/on-ins-kolkata-pm-is-only-partially-correct-654566|website=NDTV|access-date=29 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608020247/http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/on-ins-kolkata-pm-is-only-partially-correct-654566|archive-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> Four [[AK-630]] [[Close-in weapon system|CIWS]] are fitted for near defence.<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers" />
-The ''Kolkata''-class ships' primary offensive armament is supersonic [[BrahMos]] anti-ship and land-attack missiles.<ref name=it5m08>{{cite news|title=First test of BrahMos land-attack variant from the sea|url=http://brahmos.com/newscenter.php?newsid=60#|access-date=17 July 2013|newspaper=India Today|date=5 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105033616/http://brahmos.com/newscenter.php?newsid=60|archive-date=5 November 2022}}</ref> The BrahMos missiles are fitted into a 16-cell universal vertical launcher module (UVLM) allowing one missile per launch silo; all 16 missiles can be fired in [[salvo]].<ref>{{cite news|title=BrahMos missile test-fired from warship INS Kolkata|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BrahMos-missile-test-fired-from-warship-INS-Kolkata/articleshow/36295940.cms|access-date=9 June 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=9 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609160908/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BrahMos-missile-test-fired-from-warship-INS-Kolkata/articleshow/36295940.cms|archive-date=9 June 2022}}</ref> A distinctive armament of the ''Kolkata'' class is its {{convert|76|mm|abbr=on}} gun forward of the bridge. The 76&nbsp;mm gun provides limited anti-shipping and anti-air capability in addition to [[naval gunfire support]] for land-based operations.<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers" /> For [[anti-submarine warfare]], the class is equipped with a torpedo-launching system (with four torpedo tubes) and two [[RBU-6000]] anti-submarine rocket launchers.<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Project 15-A Improved Delhi / VIshakhapattanam / DDGHM Kolkata|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-project-15a.htm|website=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=16 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404170816/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-project-15a.htm|archive-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> [[Bharat Electronics Limited]]'s electronic modular command and control applications (EMCCA) Mk4 provides combat management.<ref name="SP's Exclusive - SP's Naval Forces">{{cite web|title=Country's most potent indigenous warship joins service this month|url=http://spsnavalforces.com/exclusive/?id=18&h=Country-s-most-potent-indigenous-warship-joins-service-this-month|website=SP's Naval Forces|access-date=29 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821171744/http://spsnavalforces.com/exclusive/?id=18&h=Country-s-most-potent-indigenous-warship-joins-service-this-month|archive-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>
+The ''Kolkata''-class ships' primary offensive armament is supersonic [[BrahMos]] anti-ship and land-attack missiles.<ref name=it5m08>{{cite news|title=First test of BrahMos land-attack variant from the sea|url=http://brahmos.com/newscenter.php?newsid=60#|access-date=17 July 2013|newspaper=India Today|date=5 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105033616/http://brahmos.com/newscenter.php?newsid=60|archive-date=5 November 2013}}</ref> The BrahMos missiles are fitted into a 16-cell universal vertical launcher module (UVLM) allowing one missile per launch silo; all 16 missiles can be fired in [[salvo]].<ref>{{cite news|title=BrahMos missile test-fired from warship INS Kolkata|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BrahMos-missile-test-fired-from-warship-INS-Kolkata/articleshow/36295940.cms|access-date=9 June 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=9 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140609160908/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/BrahMos-missile-test-fired-from-warship-INS-Kolkata/articleshow/36295940.cms|archive-date=9 June 2014}}</ref> A distinctive armament of the ''Kolkata'' class is its {{convert|76|mm|abbr=on}} gun forward of the bridge. The 76&nbsp;mm gun provides limited anti-shipping and anti-air capability in addition to [[naval gunfire support]] for land-based operations.<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers" /> For [[anti-submarine warfare]], the class is equipped with a torpedo-launching system (with four torpedo tubes) and two [[RBU-6000]] anti-submarine rocket launchers.<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Project 15-A Improved Delhi / VIshakhapattanam / DDGHM Kolkata|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-project-15a.htm|website=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=16 June 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404170816/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-project-15a.htm|archive-date=4 April 2013}}</ref> [[Bharat Electronics Limited]]'s electronic modular command and control applications (EMCCA) Mk4 provides combat management.<ref name="SP's Exclusive - SP's Naval Forces">{{cite web|title=Country's most potent indigenous warship joins service this month|url=http://spsnavalforces.com/exclusive/?id=18&h=Country-s-most-potent-indigenous-warship-joins-service-this-month|website=SP's Naval Forces|access-date=29 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821171744/http://spsnavalforces.com/exclusive/?id=18&h=Country-s-most-potent-indigenous-warship-joins-service-this-month|archive-date=21 August 2016}}</ref>
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+!scope="row"|{{INS|Kolkata|D63|2}}<ref name="INS Kolkata - IN Official">{{cite web|title=INS Kolkata|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/1183|website=Indian Navy|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819185937/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/1183|archive-date=19 August 2016}}</ref>
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 * 2 × twin tube 533mm torpedo launchers
 * 2 × [[RBU-6000]] anti-submarine rockets<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers" />
-| 7,400 tonnes<ref name="INS Kolkata {{!}} Indian Navy">{{cite web|title=INS Kolkata|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/1183|website=Indian Navy|access-date=2 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819185937/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/1183|archive-date=19 August 2022}}</ref>
+| 7,400 tonnes<ref name="INS Kolkata {{!}} Indian Navy">{{cite web|title=INS Kolkata|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/1183|website=Indian Navy|access-date=2 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819185937/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/1183|archive-date=19 August 2016}}</ref>
 | 26 September 2003{{sfn|Saunders|2016|p=346}}
 | 16 August 2014<ref name="INS Kolkata - IN Official" />
-| rowspan=3|India<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers">{{cite web|title=Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers|url=http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/kolkata-class-guided-missile-destroyers/|website=Naval Technology|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225205523/https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/kolkata-class-guided-missile-destroyers/|archive-date=25 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Vikramaditya, Viraat, Delhi Class, Rajput Class, Kolkata Class : Indian Navy Official">{{cite web|title=Vikramaditya, Viraat, Delhi Class, Rajput Class, Kolkata Class|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vikramaditya-viraat-delhi-class-rajput-class-kolkata-class|website=Indian Navy|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630163214/http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/vikramaditya-viraat-delhi-class-rajput-class-kolkata-class|archive-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>
+| rowspan=3|India<ref name="Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers">{{cite web|title=Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers|url=http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/kolkata-class-guided-missile-destroyers/|website=Naval Technology|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225205523/https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/kolkata-class-guided-missile-destroyers/|archive-date=25 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Vikramaditya, Viraat, Delhi Class, Rajput Class, Kolkata Class : Indian Navy Official">{{cite web|title=Vikramaditya, Viraat, Delhi Class, Rajput Class, Kolkata Class|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/vikramaditya-viraat-delhi-class-rajput-class-kolkata-class|website=Indian Navy|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630163214/http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/vikramaditya-viraat-delhi-class-rajput-class-kolkata-class|archive-date=30 June 2016}}</ref>
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-!scope="row"|{{INS|Kochi|D64|2}}<ref name="INS Kochi {{!}} Indian Navy" /><ref name="India's deadliest naval warship INS Kochi commissioned in Mumbai">{{cite news|title=India's deadliest naval warship INS Kochi commissioned in Mumbai|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/indias-deadliest-naval-warship-ins-kochi-commissioned-today/|access-date=10 July 2016|work=Indian Express|date=30 September 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720172209/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/indias-deadliest-naval-warship-ins-kochi-commissioned-today/|archive-date=20 July 2022}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|{{INS|Kochi|D64|2}}<ref name="INS Kochi {{!}} Indian Navy" /><ref name="India's deadliest naval warship INS Kochi commissioned in Mumbai">{{cite news|title=India's deadliest naval warship INS Kochi commissioned in Mumbai|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/indias-deadliest-naval-warship-ins-kochi-commissioned-today/|access-date=10 July 2016|work=Indian Express|date=30 September 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720172209/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/indias-deadliest-naval-warship-ins-kochi-commissioned-today/|archive-date=20 July 2016}}</ref>
 |[[File:Commissioning of INS Kochi (06).jpg|150px]]
-|rowspan=2|7,500 tonnes<ref name="INS Kochi {{!}} Indian Navy">{{cite web|title=INS Kochi|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/1187|website=Indian Navy|access-date=2 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719042631/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/1187|archive-date=19 July 2022}}</ref>
+|rowspan=2|7,500 tonnes<ref name="INS Kochi {{!}} Indian Navy">{{cite web|title=INS Kochi|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/1187|website=Indian Navy|access-date=2 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719042631/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/node/1187|archive-date=19 July 2016}}</ref>
 |25 October 2005<ref name="INS Kochi {{!}} Indian Navy" />
 |30 September 2015<ref name="INS Kochi {{!}} Indian Navy" />
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 |21 February 2006{{sfn|Saunders|2016|p=346}}
-|21 November 2016<ref name="Largest-ever 'Made-in-India' warship INS Chennai commissioned"/><ref name="Guided Missile Destroyer INS Chennai Joins the Indian Navy">{{cite web|title=Guided Missile Destroyer INS Chennai Joins the Indian Navy|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/guided-missile-destroyer-ins-chennai-joins-indian-navy|website=Indian Navy|access-date=21 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121234037/https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/guided-missile-destroyer-ins-chennai-joins-indian-navy|archive-date=21 November 2022}}</ref>
+|21 November 2016<ref name="Largest-ever 'Made-in-India' warship INS Chennai commissioned"/><ref name="Guided Missile Destroyer INS Chennai Joins the Indian Navy">{{cite web|title=Guided Missile Destroyer INS Chennai Joins the Indian Navy|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/guided-missile-destroyer-ins-chennai-joins-indian-navy|website=Indian Navy|access-date=21 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121234037/https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/guided-missile-destroyer-ins-chennai-joins-indian-navy|archive-date=21 November 2016}}</ref>
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 The ''Rajput'' class inherited its [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] and anti-submarine warfare roles for [[Aircraft carrier battle group|aircraft carrier task-force]] defence against submarines, low-flying aircraft and cruise missiles from the Kashin class.
-They were the first ships in the Indian Navy to deploy the BrahMos supersonic cruise-missile systems, deployed during a mid-life refit of the ships. The missile system has four missiles in inclined, bow-mounted launchers (replacing two [[P-15 Termit|SS-N-2D Styx AShM]] launchers in {{INS|Rajput|D51|6}}) and an eight-cell VLS system replacing {{INS|Ranvir|D54|6}} and {{INS|Ranvijay|D55|6}}'s aft [[S-125 Neva/Pechora#Naval version|S-125M]] (NATO: SA-N-1) [[Surface to air missile|SAM]] launchers. ''Ranvijay'' was deployed with an updated vertical launcher for the BrahMos missile.<ref name="Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer {{!}} Military-Today.com" /><ref name="Rajput Class" /><ref name="BrahMos sets the 'gold standard' for Russian-Indian defence projects">{{cite web|author1=Makiyenko, Konstantin |title=BrahMos sets the 'gold standard' for Russian-Indian defence projects|url=https://in.rbth.com/articles/2011/08/22/brahmos_sets_the_gold_standard_for_russian-indian_defence_projects_12899|website=Russia & India Report|access-date=1 August 2016|language=en-IN|date=22 August 2022}}</ref> The Indian Navy is planning to upgrade the propulsion of ''Rajput''-class ships with an indigenously-developed [[Gas Turbine Research Establishment#Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine (KMGT)|Kaveri marine gas turbine (KMGT)]] engine. The [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] [[Gas Turbine Research Establishment]] is developing this engine, which is currently being tested.<ref name="Modified Kaveri Engine to Propel Indian Navy Ships">{{cite web|author1=Kar, Sitanshu|title=Modified Kaveri Engine to Propel Indian Navy Ships|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=40470|website=Press Information Bureau|access-date=1 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815022742/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=40470|archive-date=15 August 2022}}</ref>
+They were the first ships in the Indian Navy to deploy the BrahMos supersonic cruise-missile systems, deployed during a mid-life refit of the ships. The missile system has four missiles in inclined, bow-mounted launchers (replacing two [[P-15 Termit|SS-N-2D Styx AShM]] launchers in {{INS|Rajput|D51|6}}) and an eight-cell VLS system replacing {{INS|Ranvir|D54|6}} and {{INS|Ranvijay|D55|6}}'s aft [[S-125 Neva/Pechora#Naval version|S-125M]] (NATO: SA-N-1) [[Surface to air missile|SAM]] launchers. ''Ranvijay'' was deployed with an updated vertical launcher for the BrahMos missile.<ref name="Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer {{!}} Military-Today.com" /><ref name="Rajput Class" /><ref name="BrahMos sets the 'gold standard' for Russian-Indian defence projects">{{cite web|author1=Makiyenko, Konstantin |title=BrahMos sets the 'gold standard' for Russian-Indian defence projects|url=https://in.rbth.com/articles/2011/08/22/brahmos_sets_the_gold_standard_for_russian-indian_defence_projects_12899|website=Russia & India Report|access-date=1 August 2016|language=en-IN|date=22 August 2011}}</ref> The Indian Navy is planning to upgrade the propulsion of ''Rajput''-class ships with an indigenously-developed [[Gas Turbine Research Establishment#Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine (KMGT)|Kaveri marine gas turbine (KMGT)]] engine. The [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] [[Gas Turbine Research Establishment]] is developing this engine, which is currently being tested.<ref name="Modified Kaveri Engine to Propel Indian Navy Ships">{{cite web|author1=Kar, Sitanshu|title=Modified Kaveri Engine to Propel Indian Navy Ships|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=40470|website=Press Information Bureau|access-date=1 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815022742/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=40470|archive-date=15 August 2016}}</ref>
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 |28 June 1982<ref name="Rajput Class" />
-| rowspan=3|Soviet Union<ref name="Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer {{!}} Military-Today.com">{{cite web|title=Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer|url=http://www.military-today.com/navy/rajput_class.htm|website=Military Today|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804173904/http://www.military-today.com/navy/rajput_class.htm|archive-date=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="Vikramaditya, Viraat, Delhi Class, Rajput Class, Kolkata Class : Indian Navy Official"/><br /><ref name="Rajput Class">{{cite web|author1=Pike, John|title=D 51 Rajput Class|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-rajput.htm|website=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011085030/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-rajput.htm|archive-date=11 October 2022}}</ref>
+| rowspan=3|Soviet Union<ref name="Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer {{!}} Military-Today.com">{{cite web|title=Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer|url=http://www.military-today.com/navy/rajput_class.htm|website=Military Today|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804173904/http://www.military-today.com/navy/rajput_class.htm|archive-date=4 August 2016}}</ref><ref name="Vikramaditya, Viraat, Delhi Class, Rajput Class, Kolkata Class : Indian Navy Official"/><br /><ref name="Rajput Class">{{cite web|author1=Pike, John|title=D 51 Rajput Class|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-rajput.htm|website=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011085030/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-rajput.htm|archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref>
 |-
 !scope="row"|{{INS|Ranvir|D54|2}}
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 |24 September 1983{{Sfn|Muhammad|1999|p=276}}
 |6 May 2019<ref name="ranjit-deco">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1571660&RegID=3&LID=1|title=INS Ranjit Sails into Sunset Culminating 36 years of Glorious Era
-|publisher=PIB|access-date=6 May 2022}}</ref>
+|publisher=PIB|access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref>
 |rowspan='2'| Soviet Union<ref name="Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer {{!}} Military-Today.com"/>
 |rowspan='2'| Decommissioned
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 ! align= center scope=col style="text-align:left; "|<small>Decommissioned</small>
 |-
-!scope="row"| [[HMS Rotherham (H09)|INS ''Rajput'' (D141)]]<br>Formerly HMS ''Rotherham '' (H09)<ref name="HMS ROTHERHAM (H 09) INS Rajput">{{cite web|title=HMS Rotherham (H 09) -  R-class Flotilla Leader |work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2 |first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-52R-Rotherham.htm|publisher=Naval-history.net|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195352/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-52R-Rotherham.htm|archive-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
+!scope="row"| [[HMS Rotherham (H09)|INS ''Rajput'' (D141)]]<br>Formerly HMS ''Rotherham '' (H09)<ref name="HMS ROTHERHAM (H 09) INS Rajput">{{cite web|title=HMS Rotherham (H 09) -  R-class Flotilla Leader |work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2 |first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-52R-Rotherham.htm|publisher=Naval-history.net|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195352/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-52R-Rotherham.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>
 |[[File:HMS Rotherham 1942 IWM FL 10240.jpg|100px]]
 |rowspan=3|
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 |1976{{Sfn|Friedman|2012|pp=88–90, 94, 98–99, 107, 138}}{{Sfn|Friedman|2011|p=102}}
 | rowspan=3|United Kingdom {{Sfn|Friedman|2012|pp=88–90, 94, 98–99, 107, 138}}{{Sfn|Friedman|2011|p=102}}
-|rowspan=3|scrapped<ref name="R-Class">{{cite web|author1=Pike, John|title=R-Class|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-r.htm|website=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011085312/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-r.htm|archive-date=11 October 2022}}</ref>{{Sfn|Singh|1992|p=56}}
+|rowspan=3|scrapped<ref name="R-Class">{{cite web|author1=Pike, John|title=R-Class|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-r.htm|website=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011085312/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-r.htm|archive-date=11 October 2016}}</ref>{{Sfn|Singh|1992|p=56}}
 |-
-!scope="row"|{{INS|Ranjit|1949|6}}<br>Formerly HMS ''Redoubt'' (H41)<ref name="HMS Redoubt, destroyer INS Ranjit">{{cite web|title=HMS Redoubt (H 41) -  R-class Destroyer |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-53R-Redoubt.htm |work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2 |first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date=7 August 2011  |publisher=Naval-History.net |access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613090552/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-53R-Redoubt.htm|archive-date=13 June 2022}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|{{INS|Ranjit|1949|6}}<br>Formerly HMS ''Redoubt'' (H41)<ref name="HMS Redoubt, destroyer INS Ranjit">{{cite web|title=HMS Redoubt (H 41) -  R-class Destroyer |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-53R-Redoubt.htm |work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2 |first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date=7 August 2011  |publisher=Naval-History.net |access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613090552/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-53R-Redoubt.htm|archive-date=13 June 2017}}</ref>
 |[[File:HMS Redoubt 1942 IWM FL 9669.jpg|100px]]
 |19 June 1941{{Sfn|Friedman|2012|pp=88–90, 94, 98–99, 107, 138}}{{Sfn|Friedman|2011|p=102}}
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 |-
 ![[HMS Raider (H15)|INS ''Rana'' (D115)]]<br>Formerly HMS ''Raider'' (H15)<ref name="HMS Raider; INS Rana">{{cite web|title=HMS Raider (H 15) -  R-class Destroyer |url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-53R-Raider.htm |work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2
-|first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date=7 August 2011   |publisher=Naval-History.net |access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112107/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-53R-Raider.htm|archive-date=4 March 2022}}</ref>
+|first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date=7 August 2011   |publisher=Naval-History.net |access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112107/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-53R-Raider.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
 |[[File:HMS Raider. A15089.jpg|100px]]
 |1941{{Sfn|Friedman|2012|pp=88–90, 94, 98–99, 107, 138}}{{Sfn|Friedman|2011|p=102}}
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 ===Hunt class===
-The Hunt class was a class of Royal Navy [[escort destroyer]]. The first ships were ordered early in 1939 and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British east coast and in [[Mediterranean]] [[convoy]]s. The Hunts were modelled on the 1938 [[sloop-of-war|escort sloop]] {{HMS|Bittern|L07|2}}. The Hunt class had three twin [[British ordnance terms#QF|QF]] {{convert|4|in|mm|0|adj=on}} Mark XVI gun with a quadruple [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2-pounder]]-mount Mark VII on a hull of the same length, but with {{convert|8|ft|m|0}} less beam and installed power raised to {{convert|19000|shp|abbr=on}} to give {{convert|27|kn|km/h|0}}. The first twenty were ordered in March and April 1939. They were constructed to Admiralty standards (like contemporary destroyers), unlike [[frigate]]s which followed mercantile practice.<ref name="British Hunt-class escort destroyers, WW2">{{cite web|title=British Hunt-class escort destroyers, WW2|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-aaHunt-class.htm|website=Naval History|access-date=29 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205422/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-aaHunt-class.htm|archive-date=4 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Hunt (Type I) class Escort destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net">{{cite web|title=Allied Warships of WWII: Escort destroyers – Hunt (Type I) class|author=Helgason, Guðmundur|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class/22.html|website=Uboat.net|access-date=29 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820104717/http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/class/22.html|archive-date=20 August 2022}}</ref><ref name="Hunt (Type II) class Escort destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net">{{cite web|title=Allied Warships of WWII: Escort destroyers – Hunt (Type II) class uboat.net|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class/401.html|website=Uboat.net|author=Helgason, Guðmundur|access-date=29 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820193201/http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/class/401.html|archive-date=20 August 2022}}</ref>
+The Hunt class was a class of Royal Navy [[escort destroyer]]. The first ships were ordered early in 1939 and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British east coast and in [[Mediterranean]] [[convoy]]s. The Hunts were modelled on the 1938 [[sloop-of-war|escort sloop]] {{HMS|Bittern|L07|2}}. The Hunt class had three twin [[British ordnance terms#QF|QF]] {{convert|4|in|mm|0|adj=on}} Mark XVI gun with a quadruple [[QF 2 pounder naval gun|QF 2-pounder]]-mount Mark VII on a hull of the same length, but with {{convert|8|ft|m|0}} less beam and installed power raised to {{convert|19000|shp|abbr=on}} to give {{convert|27|kn|km/h|0}}. The first twenty were ordered in March and April 1939. They were constructed to Admiralty standards (like contemporary destroyers), unlike [[frigate]]s which followed mercantile practice.<ref name="British Hunt-class escort destroyers, WW2">{{cite web|title=British Hunt-class escort destroyers, WW2|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-aaHunt-class.htm|website=Naval History|access-date=29 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205422/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-aaHunt-class.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Hunt (Type I) class Escort destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net">{{cite web|title=Allied Warships of WWII: Escort destroyers – Hunt (Type I) class|author=Helgason, Guðmundur|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class/22.html|website=Uboat.net|access-date=29 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820104717/http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/class/22.html|archive-date=20 August 2010}}</ref><ref name="Hunt (Type II) class Escort destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net">{{cite web|title=Allied Warships of WWII: Escort destroyers – Hunt (Type II) class uboat.net|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class/401.html|website=Uboat.net|author=Helgason, Guðmundur|access-date=29 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820193201/http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/class/401.html|archive-date=20 August 2010}}</ref>
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! align= center scope=col rowspan=2 style="text-align:left; "|Ship
@@ Line 300: / Line 300: @@
 * 2 [[depth charge]] launchers
 * 4 depth charge throwers<ref name="ORP Slazak, Polish escort destroyer, ex-HMS Bedale; INS Godavari">{{cite web|title=ORP Slazak, Polish escort destroyer, ex-HMS Bedale|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Bedale.htm |work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2
-|first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date=2004   |publisher=Naval-History.net|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054820/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Bedale.htm|archive-date=4 March 2022}}</ref>
+|first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date=2004   |publisher=Naval-History.net|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054820/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Bedale.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
 | rowspan=3|1,450 tonnes{{cn|date=November 2021}}
 | 25 May 1940<ref name="ORP Slazak, Polish escort destroyer, ex-HMS Bedale; INS Godavari"/>
@@ Line 316: / Line 316: @@
 * 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks<ref name="HMS Lamerton, escort destroyer; INS Gomati"/><ref name="HMS Chiddingfold, escort destroyer; INS Ganga"/>
 |10 April 1940<ref name="HMS Lamerton, escort destroyer; INS Gomati">{{cite web|title=HMS Lamerton, escort destroyer|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Lamerton.htm |work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2
-|first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date=2004   |publisher=Naval-History.net|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203934/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Lamerton.htm|archive-date=4 March 2022}}</ref>
+|first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date=2004   |publisher=Naval-History.net|access-date=10 July 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203934/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Lamerton.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
 |16 August 1941<ref name="HMS Lamerton, escort destroyer; INS Gomati"/>
 |24 April 1953<ref name="HMS Lamerton, escort destroyer; INS Gomati"/>
@@ Line 325: / Line 325: @@
 |[[File:HMS Chiddingfold 1941 IWM FL 8070.jpg|100px]]
 |1 March 1940<ref name="HMS Chiddingfold, escort destroyer; INS Ganga">{{cite web|title=HMS Chiddingfold (L 31) -  Type II, Hunt-class Escort Destroyer|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Chiddingfold.htm 	|work=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2
-|first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date=2004   |publisher=Naval-History.net|access-date=10 July 2016   |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211850/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Chiddingfold.htm|archive-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
+|first= Geoffrey B |last=Mason |date=2004   |publisher=Naval-History.net|access-date=10 July 2016   |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211850/http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DE-Chiddingfold.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>
 |October 1941<ref name="HMS Chiddingfold, escort destroyer; INS Ganga"/>
 |18 June 1953<ref name="HMS Chiddingfold, escort destroyer; INS Ganga"/>
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 * 2 x 16-cell VLS<ref name="Gady"/> for [[Barak 8]] missiles (range {{convert|0.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}})<ref name="The Telegraph"/><ref name="The Times of India"/>
 * 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 [[BrahMos]] anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles<ref name="Gady"/>
-* 1 x [[BAE Systems|BAE]] [[5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun|5 inch 62-calibre Mk 45 naval gun]]<ref name="mk45_india">{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/trump-administration-approves-sale-of-1-billion-worth-of-naval-guns-to-india-11574268089903.html|title=Trump Administration approves sale of $1 billion worth of naval guns to India|publisher=LiveMint|access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref>
+* 1 x [[BAE Systems|BAE]] [[5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun|5 inch 62-calibre Mk 45 naval gun]]<ref name="mk45_india">{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/trump-administration-approves-sale-of-1-billion-worth-of-naval-guns-to-india-11574268089903.html|title=Trump Administration approves sale of $1 billion worth of naval guns to India|publisher=LiveMint|access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>
 * 4 × AK-630 CIWS
 * 4 × 533&nbsp;mm torpedo tubes

List of destroyers of India: Difference between revisions

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Contents

Commissioned ships

Visakhapatnam-class

Kolkata class

Delhi class

Rajput class

Decommissioned ships

Rajput class

R class

Hunt class

Future ships

Visakhapatnam-class

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

External links