INS Trikand entering Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 2013
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History | |
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India | |
Name | INS Trikand |
Namesake | 'Mythological arrow consisting of three arrowheads' |
Ordered | 14 July 2007 [1] |
Builder | Yantar Shipyard |
Laid down | 11 June 2008 |
Launched | 25 May 2011 |
Commissioned | 29 June 2013 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Talwar-class frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | 124.8 m (409 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 180 (18 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament | |
Aircraft carried | 1 × Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter |
INS Trikand (F51) is a Talwar-class frigate of the Indian Navy.[4] 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.