Rajput-class destroyer

INS Rajput (D51) during an exercise sporting Revathi radar.
Class overview
NameRajput
Builders61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Operators Indian Navy
Succeeded byDelhi class
Planned5
Completed5
Active3
Retired2
General characteristics
TypeGuided missile destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,950 tons standard
  • 4,974 tons full load[1]
Length146.5 m (481 ft)[1]
Beam15.8 m (52 ft)[1]
Draught4.8 m (16 ft)[1]
Propulsion4 × Zorya-Mashproekt M3E gas turbines[2] in COGAG, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW); 2 shafts[1]
Speed35 knots (65 km/h)[1]
Range
  • 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
  • 2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)[1]
Complement320 (including 35 officers)[1]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Navigation: 2 × Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency,
  • Air: 1 × MP-500 Kliver radar at C-band or 1 × Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band (installed on INS Ranjit),
  • Air/Surface: 1 × MR-310U Angara radar at E-band, replaced by 1 × EL/M-2238 STAR[3]
  • Communication: Inmarsat,
  • Sonar: 1 × hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 × Vyega MG-325 variable depth sonar
ArmamentSee Armaments
Aircraft carried1 × Ka-28 in last two ships and HAL Chetak helicopter in first three ships

The Rajput-class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet Kashin-class destroyers. They are also known as Kashin-II class. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union after considerable Indian design modifications to the Kashin design. These included the replacement of the helicopter pad in the original design with a flight elevator, as well as major changes to the electronics and combat systems. Five units were built for export to India in the 1980s. All units are currently attached to the Eastern Naval Command.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Cite error: The named reference jfs-0506 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Report No. 20 of 2017 (Navy and Coast Guard)" (PDF). Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems (5th ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.