 Himgiri during its launch ceremony
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| History | |
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| Name: | Himgiri |
| Operator: | Indian Navy |
| Builder: | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
| Laid down: | 10 November 2018 |
| Launched: | 14 December 2020[1] |
| Commissioned: | August 2023 (planned) |
| Status: | Launched |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | -class guided-missile frigate |
| Displacement: | 6,670 tonnes (6,560 long tons; 7,350 short tons)[2] |
| Length: | 149 m (488 ft 10 in)[2] |
| Beam: | 17.8 m (58 ft 5 in)[2] |
| Draft: | 5.22 m (17 ft 2 in)[2] |
| Depth: | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)[2] |
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| Speed: | 28 kn (52 km/h)[6] |
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| Complement: | 226[6] |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters |
INS Himgiri is the second ship of the -class stealth guided missile frigates being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers for the Indian Navy.[14] The ship was laid down on 10 November 2018 and it was launched on 14 December 2020.[1] The ship is expected to be commissioned by August 2023.[15]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "LAUNCH OF 2nd PROJECT 17A SHIP 'HIMGIRI'". PIB. 14 December 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "EOI for P17A frigates" (PDF). Garden Reach Shipbuilders. 14 August 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ↑ "Indian Navy picks MAN engines for stealth frigates - Marine Log". MarineLog. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016.
- ↑ "MAN 28/33D STC" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ Howard, Michelle (7 December 2016). "GE Gas Turbines to Power Indian Stealth Frigate". MarineLink. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy (25 April 2018). "India reveals P-17A frigate configuration". Jane's Navy International. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018.
- ↑ "BEL eyes deal for 7 more Navy missile systems". The Hindu Business Line. 2 June 2017.
- ↑ "MoD gives nod to 7 stealth frigates worth Rs 13,000 crore". The Times of India. TNN. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gady, Franz-Stefan. "China Beware: Here Comes India's Most Powerful Destroyer". The Diplomat. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ↑ Israel ship missile test for India, The Telegraph, 28 November 2015
- ↑ Gen Next missile defence shield built by Israel and India clears first hurdle, The Times of India, 28 November 2015
- ↑ Snehesh, Alex Philip. "Navy to scrap plans to procure guns from US, considering 'Make in India' route now". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Bedi, Rahul. "India launches first-of-class Project 15B destroyer". IHS Jane's Navy International. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
- ↑ "Construction of P17A class stealth frigates begins - News". 2017-12-29. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ↑ "Indian Navy to induct second Scorpene-class submarine INS Khanderi by September end". The Financial Express. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
