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Himgiri during its launch ceremony
History
India
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]
Installed power:
Speed: 28 kn (52 km/h)[6]
Range:
  • 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 28 kn (52 km/h)
  • 5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 16–18 kn (30–33 km/h)[6]
Complement: 226[6]
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 2 Ɨ 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "LAUNCH OF 2nd PROJECT 17A SHIP 'HIMGIRI'". PIB. 14 December 2020.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Indian Navy picks MAN engines for stealth frigates - Marine Log". MarineLog. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "MAN 28/33D STC" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ↑ 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. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "BEL eyes deal for 7 more Navy missile systems". The Hindu Business Line. 2 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "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. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gady, Franz-Stefan. "China Beware: Here Comes India's Most Powerful Destroyer". The Diplomat. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Israel ship missile test for India, The Telegraph, 28 November 2015
  11. ↑ Gen Next missile defence shield built by Israel and India clears first hurdle, The Times of India, 28 November 2015
  12. ↑ 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. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "Construction of P17A class stealth frigates begins - News". 2017-12-29. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  15. ↑ "Indian Navy to induct second Scorpene-class submarine INS Khanderi by September end". The Financial Express. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-10-03.