INS Sahyadri (F49)

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Shivalik class
INS Sahyadri under construction
Career 22x20px Indian Navy
Name: INS Sahyadri
Namesake: Sahyadri hills
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down: 17 March 2003
Launched: 27 May 2005
Commissioned: 2010 est.
Status: Sea trials
General characteristics
Class and type: Shivalik class frigate
Displacement: 6000 tons
Length: 142 metres (466 ft)
Beam: 17 metres (56 ft)
Draught: 4.5 metres (15 ft)
Propulsion: CODOG
2 x Pielstick diesel engines
2 GE LM-2500 gas turbines
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)+
Complement: 257 (incl 35 officers)
Armament: 76mm SRGM
2 x AK-630 CIWS
24 x Shtil SAM
16 x Barak SAM
8 x VLS 3M-54E Klub or BrahMos cruise missiles
90R ASW missiles
DTA-53-956 torpedoes
RBU-6000 (RPK-8)
Aircraft carried: 2 x Sea King Mk.42B or HAL Dhruv

INS Sahyadri is a Shivalik class frigate of the Indian Navy, currently under construction at Mazagon Dock Limited.

History

The keel for INS Sahyadri was laid on March 17, 2003. She was launched on May 27, 2005.

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