INS Talwar (F40)

INS Talwar (F40) in 2020
History
India
Name	INS Talwar
Namesake	"Sword"
Ordered	17 November 1997
Builder	Baltiysky Zavod
Laid down	10 March 1999
Launched	12 May 2000
Commissioned	18 June 2003
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Talwar-class frigate
Displacement	3,620 tons standard, 4,035 tons full load
Length	124.8 m (409 ft)
Beam	15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught	4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion	2 × DS-71 cruise turbines; 9,000 hp forward and 1,500 bhp, 2 × DT-59 boost turbines; 19,500 hp forward and 4,500 bhp
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	4,850 mi (7,810 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h), 1,600 miles (2,600 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h),
Complement	180 (including 18 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Surface Search 1 × 3Ts-25E Garpun-B radar at I-band frequency 1 × MR-212/201-1 radar at I-band frequency 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-2 6000A radar 1 × Ladoga-ME-11356 inertial navigation and stabilisation suite Air/Surface Search 1 × Fregat M2EM (NATO: Top Plate) 3D circular scan radar Sonar;\ BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)[1]"Advanced Active cum Passive Integrated Sonar System". BEL. Retrieved 23 August 2024.</ref> BEL APSOH (Advanced Panoramic Sonar Hull) hull-mounted sonar
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 × 100mm A-190E, naval gun 2 × Kashtan CIWS Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × 2 533mm torpedo tubes 1 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launcher
Aircraft carried	1 x Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter

INS Talwar (F40) (translated as "Sword") is the lead ship of the Talwar-class frigates of the Indian Navy. Its name means "Sword" in Hindi (see Talwar). She was built in Russia, and commissioned into the Indian Navy on 18 June 2003.

Talwar is a multirole frigate and true to her name, has participated in various operations and exercises since her commissioning, including anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia.