Rajput
Builders61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Class afterDelhi-class destroyer
Total ships planned5
Total ships completed5
Total ships active3
Total ships retired2
Rajput-class destroyer
Guided missile destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,950 tons standard
  • 4,974 tons full load[1]
Length146.5 m (481 ft)[1]
Beam15.8 m (52 ft)[1]
Draught4.8 m (16 ft)[1]
Propulsion4 × Zorya-Mashproekt M3E gas turbines[2] in COGAG, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW); 2 shafts[1]
Speed35 knots (65 km/h)[1]
Range
  • 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
  • 2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)[1]
Complement320 (including 35 officers)[1]
Sensors
  • Navigation: 2 × Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency,
  • Air: 1 × MP-500 Kliver radar at C-band or 1 × Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band (installed on INS Ranjit),
  • Air/Surface: 1 × MR-310U Angara radar at E-band, replaced by 1 × EL/M-2238 STAR[3]
  • Communication: Inmarsat,
  • Sonar: 1 × hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 × Vyega MG-325 variable depth sonar
ArmamentSee Armaments
Aircraft1 × Ka-28 in last two ships and HAL Chetak helicopter in first three ships

The Rajput-class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet Kashin-class destroyers. They are also known as the Kashin-II class. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union after considerable Indian design modifications to the Kashin design. These included the replacement of the helicopter pad in the original design with a flight elevator, as well as major changes to the electronics and combat systems. Five units were built for export to India in the 1980s. All units are currently attached to the Eastern Naval Command.[citation needed]

Service history

The Rajput class inherited their anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare roles for aircraft carrier task-force defense against submarines, low-flying aircraft, and cruise missiles from the Kashin class.[citation needed] They were the first ships in the Indian Navy to deploy the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems. The systems were deployed during a mid-life refit of the ships. The missile system has four missiles in inclined bow mounted launchers replacing two SS-N-2D Styx AShM launchers in INS Rajput and eight cell VLS system replacing aft S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launcher in INS Ranvir and INS Ranvijay.[4] Ranvijay was deployed with an updated vertical launcher for the BrahMos missile.[5] As of 2008, the Indian Navy is planning to upgrade the propulsion of the Rajput-class ships with indigenous Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine (KMGT) engine developed by Gas Turbine Research Establishment of DRDO. The engine is currently in the testing phase.[6]

During the TROPEX-21 exercise of the Indian Navy, the decommissioned Ranjit was sunk by a torpedo.[7][8]

INS Rajput was decommissioned from the service on 21 May 2021.[9][10]

Armaments

INS Rajput (D51)INS Ranjit (D53)INS Rana (D52)INS Ranvir (D54)INS Ranvijay (D55)
Surface-to-surface/Anti-ship missiles
8 × BrahMos (inclined launchers; replaced 4 × SS-N-2D Styx launchers)4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM (inclined launchers)4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM (inclined launchers) (Removed by 2025)
  • 8 × BrahMos aft VLS (replaced aft S-125 launcher)
  • 4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM (inclined launchers)
Surface-to-air missiles
2 × S-125M twin arm launcher (forward and aft)2 × 8 VL-SRSAM (replaced aft S-125 launcher)2 × 8 Barak VLS (port and starboard; replacing 2 AK-630)
1 × S-125M twin arm launcher (forward) (Removed by 2025)
Naval gun/CIWS
1 × AK-726 twin 3" naval gun1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (replaced AK-726 twin 3" naval gun)
4 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630M CIWS2 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630M CIWS
Anti-submarine weapons
  • 1 × 533 mm (21 in) PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launcher

Ships of the class

NamePennantBuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStatus
INS Rajput (ex-Nadezhniy)D5161 Kommunara11 September 197617 September 19774 May 1980[1]21 May 2021Decommissioned
INS Rana (ex-Gubitelyniyy)D5229 November 197627 September 197819 February 1982[1]Active
INS Ranjit (ex-Lovkiyy)D5329 June 197716 June 197924 November 1983[1]6 May 2019[11]Sunk during TROPEX-21 as a live target.
INS Ranvir (ex-Tverdyy)D5424 October 198112 March 198321 April 1986[1]Active
INS Ranvijay (ex-Tolkoviyy)D5519 March 19821 February 198621 December 1987[12]Active

See also

Equivalent destroyers of the same era

References

  1. ^ "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006. 108th ed. Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. 2005. p. 314. ISBN 978-0710626929.
  2. ^ "Report No. 20 of 2017 (Navy and Coast Guard)". Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems. 5th ed. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.
  4. ^ Indian Navy: INS Rajput, 8 Other Warships To Deploy Brahmos Cruise Missiles
  5. ^ BrahMos all set to cruise into Kerala Archived 2007-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Modified Kaveri Engine to Propel Indian Navy Ships". Press Information Bureau. 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  7. ^ Indian Navy's Combat-Readiness Exercise Tropex-21 Underway In Indian Ocean Region. Republic TV. 10 February 2021. Archived 2021-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 21) Indian Navy's Largest War Game". Indian Navy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  9. ^ "INS Rajput to be Decommissioned on 21 May 21". PIB. 2021-05-20.
  10. ^ "INS Rajput, first destroyer of the Indian Navy, which was commissioned on 4th May 1980 will be decommissioned on 21st May during a ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam: Indian Navy". No. 1395255535029481478. 2021-05-21.
  11. ^ "INS Ranjit Sails into Sunset Culminating 36 years of Glorious Era". PIB. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Navy vessel INS Ranvijay completes 37 years". www.deccanchronicle.com. 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2024-12-22.