Triput , seen here during its launch ceremony at Goa Shipyard Limited. (India Ministry of Defence)
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) has launched the first of two ‘advanced frigates' on order for the Indian Navy, the country's defence ministry disclosed in a statement on 24 July.
The warship has been named Triput and it is essentially a follow-on hull to India's Talwar (Project 1135.6)-class guided-missile frigate programme. It was launched on 23 July.
A contract to build two of these frigates was awarded to GSL in January 2019. Triput was laid down in January 2021 while keel for the second yet-to-be-named vessel in the contract was laid down in June the same year.
The two frigates have been acquired under a 2016 inter-governmental agreement between New Delhi and Moscow. Under this agreement India acquired a total of four such frigates, all of which derive their design from Russia's Admiral Grigorovich (Project 11356M) class.
Two other frigates that were signed for under the agreement are being built by Russia's Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad.
The frigate has an overall length of 124.8 m, an overall beam of 15.2 m, and a draught of 4.5 m. It displaces 4,035 tonnes at full load and can accommodate a crew of 180 including 18 officers.
Its flight deck can accommodate anti-submarine helicopters such as the Ka-28.
In its statement on the vessel's launch, the Indian defence ministry did not provide any details on the frigate's weapon systems, adding only that it is “designed for combat operations against enemy surface ships, submarines, and aircraft”.
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