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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
Name INS Satpura
Namesake
Satpura range
Builder
Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down 31 October 2002
Launched 4 June 2004
Commissioned 20 August 2011
Identification
Pennant number : F48
Motto
Nishchay, Garv, Sahas
(Determination, Pride, Bravery)
Status in active service
General characteristics
Class and type
Shivalik -class
frigate
Displacement 6,200 tonnes (6,100 long tons; 6,800 short tons) full load
[1]
Length 142.5 m (468 ft)
[2]
Beam 16.9 m (55 ft)
Draught 4.5 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)
Propulsion boost turbines in
CODOG configuration.
Speed
32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
[3]
22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) (diesel engines)
Complement 257 (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 carried 2 ×
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]
Construction
INS Satpura was built at the
Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in
Mumbai . The keel was laid on 31 October 2002 and was launched on 4 June 2004. She was completed in 2010 and underwent sea trials before being commissioned on 20 August 2011 into the
Eastern Naval Command headquartered at
Visakhapatnam .
[4]
Service history
Deployment
Date
Port Visited
Commander
Notes and References
2012
Malabar 2012 with naval destroyers
INS Ranvir ,
INS Ranvijay ,
corvette
INS Kulish and fleet-tanker
INS Shakti .
Bay of Bengal
[5]
[6]
2013
South East Asia with naval destroyer
INS Ranvijay , corvette
INS Kirch and fleet-tanker
INS Shakti
6 May
Da Nang ,
Vietnam
[7]
28 May
Changi ,
Singapore
Participated in IMDEX-13
[8]
2015
South East Asia with naval destroyer
INS Ranvir , corvette
INS Kamorta and fleet tanker
INS Shakti
23-26 May
Singapore
Captain Hari Krishnan
[9]
SIMBEX-15 with
Singapore Navy
[10]
4-6 June
Fremantle ,
Australia
[11]
[12]
28-30 June
Sattahip ,
Thailand
[13]
2016
South China Sea and the Western Pacific Ocean
30 May to 3 June
Cam Ranh Bay ,
Vietnam
Captain A N Pramod
[14]
[15]
13-15 August
Port Majuro ,
Marshall Islands
[16]
[17]
30 June – 4 August
Hawaii ,
United States
25th edition of the
RIMPAC Exercise
[18]
[19]
18-20 August
Pohnpei ,
Micronesia
[20]
31 August – 3 September
Singapore
[21]
[22]
Images
The
EL/M-2238 STAR radar onboard Satpura
References
^
"Shivalik class" . Indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from
the original on 29 July 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013 .
^ 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) .
^ Monica Chadha,
India trials stealth frigate , BBC, 18 April 2003
^
a
b
"Shivalik Class Frigates" . Naval Technology. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2013 .
^
Carrier Strike Group 1 Completes Exercise Malabar 2012
Archived 14 March 2014 at the
Wayback Machine
^
Carl Vinson Sailors Make History During Exercise Malabar 2012
^ Newspaper, Tuoi Tre.
"Four Indian naval ships visit Da Nang" . tuoitrenews.vn . Retrieved 31 May 2016 .
^ Eshel, Noam (16 May 2013).
"Photo Report: Singapore Hosts International Navies IMDEX 2013 | Defense Update" . defense-update.com . Retrieved 31 May 2016 .
^ Diplomat, Prashanth Parameswaran, The.
"Why Are India's Warships in Thailand and Cambodia?" . The Diplomat . Retrieved 16 May 2016 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link )
^
"SIMBEX visit" . Archived from
the original on 25 May 2015.
^
"Indian Navy Vessels Dock in Fremantle, Australia" . Naval Today . 4 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2016 .
^ Saran, Shyam (27 November 2015).
"India and Australia: From a Shared Ocean and Shared Values to Strategic Convergence" . The Wire . Archived from
the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2016 .
^ Thailand, Nation Multimedia Group Public Company Limited, Nationmultimedia.com.
"Indian vessels dock at Sattahip to boost bilateral defence ties – The Nation" . The Nation . Retrieved 31 May 2016 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link )
^ Diplomat, Franz-Stefan Gady, The.
"South China Sea Deployment: Indian Stealth Warships Visit Vietnam" . The Diplomat . Retrieved 31 May 2016 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link )
^
"Visit of Indian Warships to Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam | Indian Navy" . indiannavy.nic.in . Retrieved 31 May 2016 .
^
"Visit of Indian Warship to Port Majuro, Marshall Islands | Indian Navy" . indiannavy.nic.in . Retrieved 11 September 2016 .
^
"INS Satpura enters Port Majuro, Marshall Islands on 2 Days visit – Defence Aviation Post" . 13 August 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016 .
^
"INS Satpura Reaches Hawaii USA for Exercise RIMPAC 2016" . Business Standard . 30 June 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016 .
^
"INS Satpura reaches Hawaii, USA for exercise RIMPAC 2016 | Indian Navy" . indiannavy.nic.in . Retrieved 11 September 2016 .
^
"Indian Navy makes inaugural port call in Micronesia | IHS Jane's 360" . janes.com . Retrieved 11 September 2016 .
^
"Indian warship INS Satpura on four-day visit to Singapore | NetIndian" . netindian.in . 1 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016 .
^
"Indian Warship visits Singapore | Indian Navy" . indiannavy.nic.in . Retrieved 11 September 2016 .
External links
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Decommissioned ships
Future ships
Footnotes
^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Dhanush .
^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Shamsher .
^ Renamed as INS Kukri post republic.
^ Renamed as INS Hooghly post republic.
^ Renamed as INS Tir post republic.
^ Transferred to
Indian Coast Guard in 1978.
^ Transferred to
Indian Coast Guard in 1978.
^ Later reclassified as frigates
^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum .
^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind .
^ Renamed as INS Kaveri post republic.
^ Renamed as INS Sutlej post republic.
^ Renamed as INS Jumuna post republic.
^ Renamed as INS Krisna post republic.
^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz .