Trishul 1965
Trishul 1980
| 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 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2150 |
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Displacement full, t |
2560 |
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Length, m |
109.7 pp 112.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.5 |
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Draught, m |
3.90 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Yarrow geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
30000 |
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Max speed, kts |
29 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 370 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL |
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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 |
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Complement |
152 - 231 |
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.
Talwar 1978
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