INS Trikand

INS Trikand entering Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 2013
History
India
NameINS Trikand
Namesake'Mythological arrow consisting of three arrowheads'
Ordered14 July 2007
BuilderYantar Shipyard
Laid down11 June 2008
Launched25 May 2011
Commissioned29 June 2013
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class & typeTalwar-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3,620 long tons (3,678 t) standard
  • 4,035 long tons (4,100 t) full load
Length124.8 m (409 ft 5 in)
Beam15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × DS-71 cruise turbines (9,000 shp))
  • 2 × DT-59 boost turbines (19,500 shp)
Speed30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range
  • 4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
  • 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement180 (18 officers)
Sensors &
processing systems
  • 1 × 3Ts-25E Garpun-B surface search radar
  • 1 × MR-212/201-1 navigation radar
  • 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-2 6000A radar
  • 1 × Ladoga-ME-11356 intertial navigation and stabilisation
  • 1 × Fregat M2EM 3D circular scan radar
  • 1 × Ratep JSC 5P-10E Puma fire-control system
  • 1 × 3R14N-11356 fire-control system FCS
  • 4 × MR-90 Orekh
  • BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 × TK-25E-5 EWS
  • 1 × PK-10 ship-borne decoy launching systems
  • 4 × KT-216 decoy launchers
Armament
  • Anti-air missiles:
  • 24 × Shtil-1 medium range missiles
  • 8 × Igla-1E (SA-16)
  • Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
  • 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship cruise missiles
  • Guns:
  • 1 × 100 mm A-190E, naval gun
  • 2 × AK-630 CIWS
  • Anti-submarine warfare:
  • 2 × 2 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 1 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launcher
Aircraft carried1 × Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter

INS Trikand (F51) (lit. 'Triple Arrow') is a Talwar-class frigate of the Indian Navy. She is the third and final ship of the second batch of Talwar-class frigates ordered by the Indian Navy. She was built by the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia. She was commissioned to Indian Navy service on 29 June 2013.

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