INS Sahyadri
Indian Navy Frigate
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INS Sahyadri (F49) is a Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigate built for the Indian Navy. This class features improved stealth and land attack capabilities over the preceding Talwar-class frigates.[5] The ship is affiliated with Indian Army's Poona Horse armoured regiment.[6][7]
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Sahyadri at sea. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 India | |
| Name | Sahyadri |
| Namesake | Sahyadri hills |
| Builder | Mazagon Dock Limited |
| Cost | $245 Million |
| Laid down | 17 March 2003 |
| Launched | 27 May 2005 |
| Commissioned | 21 July 2012 |
| Identification | F49 |
| Status | Active |
| Badge | _crest.JPG) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Shivalik-class guided missile 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 | |
| Propulsion | CODOG |
| Speed |
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| Complement | 257 (including 35 officers + 222 sailors) |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters. |
Construction
INS Sahyadri was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) located in Mumbai. The keel of the vessel was laid on 30 September 2003 and was launched on 27 May 2005. It underwent sea trials in 2011–2012. From there it was commissioned on 21 July 2012 into the Eastern Naval Command headquartered at Visakhapatnam.[5]
Service history
| Deployment | Date | Port Visited | Commander | Notes and References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ||||
| Commissioned | Captain Sanjay Vatsayan | [8] | ||
| 2013 | ||||
| International Fleet Review 2013 | October | Sydney, Australia | [9] | |
| 2014 | ||||
| South East Asia and Western Pacific | 10-13 June | Darwin, Australia | Captain Jyotin Raina[10] | [11] |
| 2 July - 2 August | Hawaii, United States | Exercise RIMPAC[12][13][14] | ||
| 20 August | Manila, Philippines | [15] | ||
| 2015 | ||||
| South China Sea and the Northwest Pacific | 2-5 October | Da Nang, Vietnam. | Captain Kunal Singh Rajkumar[16] | [17] |
| 15 October | Sagami Bay, Japan | International Fleet Review organized by the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF)[18] | ||
| 23-27 October | Incheon, South Korea | [16] | ||
| 1-4 November | Manila, Philippines | [19] | ||
| INDRA 2015 with INS Sahyadri, INS Ranvijay, INS Shakti, INS Sindhuvir and other naval aircraft | 7-12 December | Bay of Bengal | Bi-lateral exercise with the Russian Navy[20] | |
| 2016 | ||||
| South China Sea and Northwestern Pacific with naval frigate INS Satpura, corvette INS Kirch and fleet-tanker INS Shakti | 30 May - 2 June | Subic Bay, Philippines | Captain K S Rajkumar[21] | [22][23][24] |
| 14-17 June | Sasebo, Japan | Malabar 2016[25] | ||
| 21-25 June | Busan, South Korea | [26][27] | ||
| 27 June - 1 July | Vladivostok, Russia | [28][29] | ||
| 2025 | ||||
| Indian Ocean Region deployment | 7 April | Colombo, Sri Lanka | [30] | |
| Operational deployment – South China Sea and the Indo-Pacific | 2-4 October | Kemaman Port, Malaysia | Third visit of the ship to the country following a goodwill mission to Port Klang and for Exercise Samudra Laksamana at Kota Kinabalu in 2016 and 2019.[31] | |
| 13 October | Busan Naval Base, South Korea | Participated in the maiden edition of the IN-RoKN Bilateral Exercise with ROKS Gyeongnam.[32][33] | ||
| 21 October | Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan | Participated in JAIMEX-25 with JMSDF ships Asahi, Ōmi and submarine Jinryū between 16 and 18 October.[34][35] | ||
| 8 November | Guam, United States | Participated in Exercise Malabar 2025[36] and AusIndEx-25 with HMAS Ballarat.[37] | ||
| 27 November | Manila, Philippines | [38] | ||
| 2026 | ||||
| International Fleet Review | 18 February | Visakapatanam | [39] | |
Miscellaneous
INS Sahyadri was awarded the ‘Best Ship Trophy’ at the annual Fleet Awards functions five times namely in the years 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2019-20 and 2020-21 and was also presented with Unit Citation in the year 2019-20 in Visakhapatnam.[40]
