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Talwar 1978

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
तलवार [Talwar] F140, 1975- F40   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK 7.6.1957 18.7.1958 26.4.1959 stricken 1988
त्रिशूल [Trishul] F143, 1975- F43   Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 19.2.1957 18.6.1958 13.1.1960 stricken 1996


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

2150

Displacement full, t

2560

Length, m

109.7 pp 112.7 oa

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

3.90 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Yarrow geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

30000

Max speed, kts

29

Fuel, t

oil 370

Endurance, nm(kts)

4500(12)

Armament

1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL

Electronic equipmenttype 275, type 293, type 277, type 903, type 974 or type 978 radars, type 162, type 170, type 174 or type 177 sonars
Complement

152 - 231



Standard scale images


<i>Trishul </i>1965
Trishul 1965
<i>Trishul </i>1980
Trishul 1980


Graphics


<i>Talwar </i>1978
Talwar 1978


Project history

Slightly modified British Type 12 (Whitbey) frigates.

Modernizations

1975, Talwar; 1978, Trishul: - 1 x 2 - 120/45, type 275 radar; + 3 x 1 P-20 SSM (3 P-20), 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, MR-331 Rangout radar

1983, Trishul: - 1 x 2 - 40/60, 2 x 1 - 40/60, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, type 293, type 277, type 903, type 974 or type 978 radars; + 2 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 helicopter (Chetak), hangar and helicopter deck, DA-05, ZW-06, 2x MR-123 Rys' radars, Telegon IV ECM suite, 2 Mk 5 decoy launchers, G738 towed torpedo decoy.

Naval service

No significant events.