INS Taragiri is the Indian Navy's fourth ship of the -class stealth, guided-missile frigates, formally classified as the Project-17 Alpha Frigates (P-17A). It was built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders for the Indian Navy.[1]
Naming[edit | edit source]
Named after the Taragiri hill range in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, the ship has been named after the INS Taragiri, a Leander-class frigate which was in service with the Indian Navy between 1980 and 2013.[2][3]
Construction[edit | edit source]
The ship was laid down on 10 September 2020 and was launched on 11 September 2022. The ship was expected to be commissioned by the August 2025 but after some delay it has been finally commissioned in April 2026.[4]
Taragiri, the third Project 17A-class ship built by Mazagon Dock, was delivered to the Indian Navy on 28 November 2025.[1][5]
The ship was initially expected to be commissioned in February 2026[6] but was later scheduled to 3 April 2026.[7][8]
Service history[edit | edit source]
The ship was commissioned on 3 April 2026 by the Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.[9] During commissioning, the senior officers of the ship included[8]
- Captain Hemanth, the commanding officer,
- Commander Siddhartha Gupta, the executive officer and principal warfare officer of the ship
- Commander Akhilesh Sharma, the electrical officer, and
- Commander Abhishek Bali, the logistics officer.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Delivery of 'Taragiri', the fourth Nilgiri class (Project 17A) indigenous advanced stealth frigate" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 29 November 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ↑ "Taragiri: All you need to know about India's fifth stealth frigate". The Times of India. 11 September 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ "LAUNCH OF YD 12653 (TARAGIRI)". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ Vavasseur, Xavier (11 September 2022). "India's MDL Launches 5th Nilgiri-class P17A Frigate". Naval News. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ @MazagonDockLtd (28 November 2025). "MDL today delivered the Third Stealth Frigate of the P17A Class, *Taragiri* to the #IndianNavy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Navy to induct stealth frigate Taragiri in February". Hindustan Times. 11 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ↑ Rana, Javaria (13 March 2026). "India's latest homegrown stealth frigate INS Taragiri to join Navy next month". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Bhattacharjee, Sumit (2 April 2026). "Nilgiri-class INS Taragiri to be commissioned on April 3". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
- ↑ "Indian Navy's latest stealth frigate 'INS Taragiri' commissioned in Visakhapatnam" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 3 April 2026. Retrieved 3 April 2026.
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