INS Imphal

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Launch of INS Imphal.
History
India
Name: Imphal
Namesake: Imphal
Operator: Indian Navy
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down: 19 May 2017
Launched: 20 April 2019
Commissioned: Est. 2023
Identification: Pennant number:D68
Status: Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type: -class stealth guided missile destroyer
Displacement:

7,500 t (7,400 long tons; 8,300 short tons) standard

8,100 t (8,000 long tons; 8,900 short tons) full load
Length: 163 m (535 ft)
Beam: 17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft: 6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion:
  • Combined gas and gas system: Twin Zorya M36E gas turbine plants with 4 × DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 × RG-54 gearboxes
  • 2 × Bergen/GRSE KVM-diesel engines, 9,900 hp (7,400 kW) each
  • 4 × 1 MWe Wärtsilä WCM-1000 generator sets driving Cummins KTA50G3 engines and Kirloskar 1 MV AC generators
Speed: In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance: 45 Days
Crew: 300 (50 officers and 250 sailors)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • Elbit Systems Deseaver MK II counter-measures systems and defensive aids suite
  • Kavach chaff system
Armament:
  • Anti-air missiles:
  • 4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32
  • Barak 8 missiles (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 100 km (62 mi) or Barak 8ER (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 150 km (93 mi)[1][2]
  • Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
  • 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack missiles
  • Guns:
  • 1 × BAE 5 inch 62-calibre Mk 45 naval gun[3]
  • 4 × AK-630 CIWS
  • Anti-submarine warfare:
  • 4 × 533 mm Torpedo tubes
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried: 2 × Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv[4]
Aviation facilities:

INS Imphal is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She is being constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) and has been launched on 20 April 2019. The ship is expected to be commissioned by 2023.[6] The ship was named in recognition of the Indian soldiers who fought in Battle of Imphal during World War II.[7] It is the first Indian Navy ship named after a city in Northeast India.[8]

Construction[edit]

The keel of Imphal was laid down on 19 May 2017, and she was launched on 20 April 2019 at Mazagon Dock Limited of Mumbai.[9][10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Naval Barak-8 Missiles, Israel, India Archived 2012-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, naval-technology.com, Accessed 25 November 2014
  2. ↑ Barak 8 / MR-SAM Test Program to Begin in Early 2012 Archived 2014-12-16 at the Wayback Machine, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), 21 November 2011
  3. ↑ "Trump Administration approves sale of $1 billion worth of naval guns to India". LiveMint. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers". NAVAL TECHNOLOGY. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers". NAVAL TECHNOLOGY. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Navy Launches Guided Missile Destroyer INS Imphal Under Project 15B". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Navy's gesture to the Battle of Imphal elates Northeast". Deccan Herald. 21 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "In a First, Indian Navy Names Warship After Northeast City". The Wire. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Keel laid for the third ship of P15B class destroyers | Freepress Journal Release". web.archive.org. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Indian Navy: Navy chief launches new guided missile destroyer 'INS Imphal' - The Economic Times". m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org. Retrieved 20 April 2019.


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