INS Satpura

INS Satpura (F 48) departs Pearl Harbor to begin the at-sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise, July 12
History
India
NameINS Satpura
NamesakeSatpura range
BuilderMazagon Dock Limited
Laid down31 October 2002
Launched4 June 2004
Commissioned20 August 2011
IdentificationPennant number: F48
Motto
  • Nishchay, Garv, Sahas
  • (Determination, Pride, Bravery)
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeShivalik-class frigate
Displacement6,200 tonnes (6,100 long tons; 6,800 short tons) full load[1]
Length142.5 m (468 ft)[2]
Beam16.9 m (55 ft)
Draught4.5 m (15 ft)
Installed power
  • 2 × Pielstick 16 PA6 STC Diesel engines
  • 15,200 shp (11,300 kW)
  • 2 × GE LM2500+
  • 33,600 shp (25,100 kW)
Propulsionboost turbines in CODOG configuration.
Speed
  • 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)[3]
  • 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) (diesel engines)
Complement257 (35 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × MR-760 Fregat M2EM 3-D radar
  • 4 × MR-90 Orekh radar
  • 1 × Elta EL/M-2238 STAR
  • 2 × Elta EL/M-2221 STGR
  • 1 × BEL APARNA
  • HUMSA (hull-mounted sonar array)
  • ATAS/Thales Sintra towed array systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys		BEL Ajanta electronic warfare suite
Armament
  • Anti-air missiles:
  • 32-cell VLS launched Barak 1 missiles
  • 24× Shtil-1 medium range missiles
  • Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
  • 8 × VLS launched Klub, anti-ship cruise missiles
  • or
  • 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles
  • Guns:
  • 1 × 3.0-inch Otobreda, naval gun
  • 2 × AK-630 CIWS
  • Anti-submarine warfare:
  • 2 × 2 DTA-53-956 torpedo launchers
  • 2 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launchers
Aircraft carried2 × HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters

INS Satpura (F48) is a Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigate built for the Indian Navy. This class is an improvement over the preceding Talwar-class frigates with increased stealth and land attack features.[4]

  1. ^ "Shivalik class". Indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. ^ Cdr. A.K. Lambhate, "Stealth is Wealth" Archived 22 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Sainik Samachar, Vol. 51, No. 14, 16–31 July 2004, Ministry of Defence (India).
  3. ^ Monica Chadha, India trials stealth frigate, BBC, 18 April 2003
  4. ^ "Shivalik Class Frigates". Naval Technology. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2013.