Taragiri 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| तरागिरि [Taragiri] | F41 | Mazagon Docks, Bombay | 1974 | 25.10.1976 | 16.5.1980 | stricken 6.2013 | |
| विन्ध्यगिरि [Vindhyagiri] | F42 | Mazagon Docks, Bombay | 1976 | 12.11.1977 | 8.7.1981 | collision 30.1.2011 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2970 |
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Displacement full, t |
3250 |
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Length, m |
113.4 |
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Breadth, m |
13.1 |
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Draught, m |
5.50 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 Bhopal geared steam turbines sets |
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Power, h. p. |
30000 |
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Max speed, kts |
30 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 500 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
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Armament |
2 x 4 Sea Cat M-4 SAM (32 Sea Cat), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT (A184), 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, 1 helicopter (Sea King) |
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Sensors |
Decca 1226, ZW-06, RALW-02, M44, 2x M45 radars, Diodon sonar, UA-8/9, Cutlass ECM suites |
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Complement |
410 |
Project history: Modified Nilgiri with larger helicopter (Sea King) in the telescopic hangar and TTs and Bofors ASWRL on forecastle instead of the Limbo. Also they received new sonar and ECM.
Modernizations: late 1980s, both: + G738 torpedo decoy
early 1990s, both: - UA8/9, type 667 ECM suites; + Ajanta-P ECM suite
late 1990s, both: - 2 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM, 2x M45 radars; + 2 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230
Naval service: Vindhyagiri collided 30.1.2011 with a m/v Nord Lake at Mumbai harbour, fired and sank. She was salvaged 15.2.2011 but never repaired and officially stricken 14.6.2012.
Taragiri 2001
© Ivan Gogin, 2018