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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 equipment	type 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

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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.