INS Trishul (F43)
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_on_a_joiint_EEZ_patrol_with_Tanzanian_Navy_(cropped).jpg) INS Trishul on a joint EEZ patrol with Tanzanian Navy | |
| History | |
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| Name | INS Trishul |
| Namesake | "Trident" |
| Ordered | 17 November 1997 |
| Builder | Baltiysky Zavod |
| Laid down | 24 September 1999 |
| Launched | 24 November 2000 |
| Commissioned | 25 June 2003 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Talwar-class frigate |
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| Length | 124.8 m (409 ft) |
| Beam | 15.2 m (50 ft) |
| Draught | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
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| Complement | 180 (18 Officers) |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv |
INS Trishul (F43) (lit. 'Trident') is the second frigate of the Talwar class of the Indian Navy. Trishul, the guided missile frigate, joined the arsenal of Indian Navy in 2003. The ship was commissioned by the then Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command Vice Admiral Arun Prakash at St. Petersburg, Russia on 25 June 2003. It has a complement of 32 officers and 228 sailors. In contrast to the lead ship INS Talwar, the sea trials of Trishul were considerably shortened as the ship performed well. Trishul arrived in Mumbai on 23 September 2003.
Trishul belongs to the Talwar-class of frigates. The Talwar-class guided missile frigates are modified Krivak III-class frigates built by Russia. These ships use stealth technologies and a special hull design to ensure a reduced radar cross section. Much of the equipment on the ship is Russian-made, but a significant number of systems of Indian origin have also been incorporated.
Armament
The surface to air weapons systems include one single-rail MS-196 launcher that can launch the long range Shtil-1 (NATO: SA-17) surface-to-air missile. Eight Igla-1E (NATO: SA-16) portable air defence missiles are on board for short-range threats. Trishul became the second Indian warship to incorporate an eight cell KBSM 3S-14NE Vertical Launcher and was the first to upload the new Indian/Russian designed missile, the supersonic BrahMos PJ-10 AShCM (anti-sub/ship/surface cruise missile). Trishul's VLS can launch the Russian designed 3M-54E Klub-N (NATO: SS-N-27) subsonic ASCM. Trishul has one OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun, which replaced a 100 mm A-190E dual purpose gun mount for surface and air targets.
Two AK-630 CIWS systems are also present on the Trishul, and replace older Kashtan Air Defence Gun/Missile mounts. The Kashtan CIWS has two GSh-30K 30mm Gatling guns per mount firing 5,000 rounds a minute, along with eight 9M-311 Grison missiles (NATO: SA-N-11) with a range of 8 kilometres (5.0 mi). There are 64 Grison reloads (32 each mount) with a package of four missile taking less than 2 minutes to load. Forward of Trishul's bridge and aft of the VLS is one 12-round RBU-6000 anti-submarine warfare rocket launch that can fire either Splav-90R rockets or RGB-60 depth charges. Two pairs of fixed 533 mm DTA-53 torpedo tubes are located port and starboard midships. Both can launch either SET-65E anti-sub and 53-65KE antiship torpedoes.[2]
