Talwar-class frigate

INS Talwar (F40) entering the port of Manama, Bahrain
Class overview
NameTalwar class
Builders
Operators Indian Navy
Preceded byBrahmaputra class
Succeeded byShivalik class
SubclassesAdmiral Grigorovich class
Cost$1.9 billion for 4 ships (2024 estimate, $475 million per ship)[1]
Planned10
Building2
Completed8
Active6
General characteristics
TypeGuided missile frigate
Displacement3,850 t (4,240 short tons) standard load [3] 4,035 t (4,448 short tons) full load [4]
Length124.8 m (409 ft 5 in)
Beam15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range
  • 4,850 mi (4,210 nmi; 7,810 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
  • 1,600 mi (1,400 nmi; 2,600 km) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[2]
Endurance30 days
Complement180 (18 officers)[2]
Sensors and
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)[6]
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 1 × TK-25E-5 EWS
  • 1 × PK-10 ship-borne decoy launching systems
  • 4 × KT-216 decoy launchers
Armament
  • 24 × Shtil-1 medium range missiles
  • 8 × Igla-1E (SA-16)
  • 8 × VLS launched Klub, anti-ship cruise missiles (F40, F43, F44)
  • 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles (F45, F50, F51)
  • 1 × 100mm A-190E naval gun (All ships except Trishul (F43)
  • 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (on Trishul)
  • 2 × AK-630 CIWS (F43, F45, F50, F51)
  • 2 × Kashtan CIWS (F40, F44)
  • 2 × twin 533mm DTA-53-11356 torpedo tubes
  • 1 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launcher[2]
Aircraft carried1 × Ka-28 (or) Ka-31 (or) HAL Dhruv[2]

The Talwar-class frigates or Project 11356 are a class of stealth guided missile frigates designed and built by Russia for the Indian Navy. The Talwar-class guided missile frigates are the improved versions of the Krivak III-class (Project 1135) frigates used by the Russian Coast Guard. The design has been further developed as the Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate for the Russian Navy. Six ships were built in two batches between 1999 and 2013.

Designed by Severnoye Design Bureau, the first batch of ships were built by Baltic Shipyard and the second batch by Yantar Shipyard. Preceded by the Brahmaputra-class frigates, the Talwar-class frigates are said to have semi-stealth features and better armament. The Indian Navy currently has six of these ships and 4 more are under construction including 2 in an Indian shipyard, for which Goa shipyard was selected.[7]

  1. ^ Gady, Franz-Stefan (1 February 2019). "India Signs Contract For 2 Guided-Missile Frigates".
  2. ^ a b c d "Talwar (Krivak III) Class - Bharat Rakshak :: Indian Navy". bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Mikhailov: the contract on 3 frigates for India to be executed in 2012". Rusnavy.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  4. ^ "The 3rd ship for the Indian Navy was carried out by JSC Shipyard "Yantar"". Shipyard-yantar.ru. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Launch of sixth Project 11356 Talwar Class frigate for Indian Navy". Marine Propulsion. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference HUMSA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Dangwal, Ashish (11 March 2024). "Indian Navy's Stealth Frigate 'Quietly' Begins Sea Trials In Russia; Ukraine War Fails To Deter Moscow, Delhi". Latest Asian, Middle-East, EurAsian, Indian News. Retrieved 11 March 2024.