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INS Himgiri (F34)

Summary

INS Himgiri (F34) was a Nilgiri-class frigate of the Indian Navy. Himgiri was commissioned into the Navy on 23 November 1974. She was decommissioned on 6 May 2005.

1968 Indian stamp depicting sister ship INS Nilgiri
History
India
NameINS Himgiri
NamesakeHimgiri Range
Launched6 May 1970
Commissioned23 November 1974
Decommissioned6 May 2005
FateDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and typeNilgiri-class frigate
Displacement
  • 2682 tons (standard)
  • 2962 tons (full load)
Length113 m (371 ft)
Beam13 m (43 ft)
Draught4.3 m (14 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 550 psi boilers
  • 2 × 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) motors
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement267 (incl 17 officers)[1]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Signaal DA05 / BEL PFN513 radar
  • Signaal LW08 / BEL RAWL02 surface radar
  • Signaal ZW06 / BEL RASHMI navigation radar
  • Signaal M-45 navigation radar
  • Westinghouse SQS-505 / Graesby 750 sonar
  • Type 170 active attack sonar
Armament
  • 2 × MK.6 Vickers 115 mm guns
  • 4 × AK-230 30 mm guns
  • 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns
  • 2 × triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or the Indian NST-58 torpedoes
Aircraft carried1 Westland Sea King or HAL Chetak

A new ship with this name belonging to the new Nilgiri class was launched in December 2020.[2]

Operations edit

INS Himgiri holds the record for the number of days at sea in a single deployment for a conventional ship of the Indian Navy. In 1976, she was the first ship of the Indian Navy to shoot down a pilotless aircraft.

References edit

  1. ^ "Surface Ships -->Frigates-->Giri Class". Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  2. ^ Team, BS Web (14 December 2020). "In pictures: GRSE-built stealth frigate 'INS Himgiri' launched in Kolkata". Business Standard India.