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[Nilgiri]

A bit of throwback time (old archive footage, varying pitch tape reel and everything) of a venerable design.

Leander Frigates (Nilgiri class )

A crucial earlier program to getting Indian warship local design and production capacity where it is today:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1387738087984304133

6 were made with increasing local input in each one:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1387738102530146305

3 more "Godavari" class (improved upon Nilgiri/Leander) were also made subsequently.

One of the Godavari class is still active (INS Gomati)....but will be decommissioned soon.

The godavari class would form the basis for the later Brahmaputra class frigate (though this time there would be significant internal and weapons changes).

But it is much like a baton being passed....and capacity and experience improved each time with it.

For long stretch of years, these frigates (leander and leander influenced) along with the Rajput (Kashin-II) and Delhi class destroyers were the mainstay of Indian surface warship fleet and arguably have provided bedrock of Indian shipyard capability in this arena (at notably MDL and GRSE)

@anmdt @UkroTurk 🚬 @AlphaMike @Joe Shearer @Tupolev16 et al.

 

[Turko]

@Nilgiri Class

 

[Gary]

A bit of throwback time (old archive footage, varying pitch tape reel and everything) of a venerable design.

Leander Frigates (Nilgiri class )

A crucial earlier program to getting Indian warship local design and production capacity where it is today:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1387738087984304133

6 were made with increasing local input in each one:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1387738102530146305

3 more "Godavari" class (improved upon Nilgiri/Leander) were also made subsequently.

One of the Godavari class is still active (INS Gomati)....but will be decommissioned soon.

The godavari class would form the basis for the later Brahmaputra class frigate (though this time there would be significant internal and weapons changes).

But it is much like a baton being passed....and capacity and experience improved each time with it.

For long stretch of years, these frigates (leander and leander influenced) along with the Rajput (Kashin-II) and Delhi class destroyers were the mainstay of Indian surface warship fleet and arguably have provided bedrock of Indian shipyard capability in this arena (at notably MDL and GRSE)

@anmdt @UkroTurk 🚬 @AlphaMike @Joe Shearer @Tupolev16 et al.

Can't wait for the new Nilgiri's to be put into service.

From my understanding a Nilgir class is a Visakhapatnam class with half the VLS cell right?

 

[Nilgiri]

Can't wait for the new Nilgiri's to be put into service.

From my understanding a Nilgir class is a Visakhapatnam class with half the VLS cell right?

Same number of VLS cell (32) for barak (anti air)

Half number for Anti-ship/Land attack (8 in frigate vs 16 for destroyer) i.e brahmos

Nilgiri Frigate also has CODAG compared to the kolkata/vizag COGAG.

Most of rest of specs are similar or the same (leads to similar final tonnage 6700 vs 7500 ton)

I guess except the key endurance definition/role (that leads to somewhat more tonnage for destroyer) etc that increasingly differentiates Destroyer from Frigate (and Frigate from Corvette) these days due to economy of scale and +modularity advantages.

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1388536034611372036

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1391596384588111874

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1392532599843721220

 

[Nilgiri]

The Indian Navy’s Search and Rescue (SAR) operations off Mumbai and Gujarat continue in full swing and will do so till all the missing personnel who were on board Accommodation Barge P-305, which sank on 17th May, are found. INS Kochi, Kolkata, Beas, Betwa, Teg, P8I maritime surveillance aircraft, Chetak and Seaking helicopters are involved in the mammoth SAR operations.

Detailing the nail-biting rescue operations conducted by the Navy, Director General Naval Operations, Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi said that this was by far the most challenging SAR operation undertaken by the Navy. He lauded the seamanship and ship handling skills of all the Indian Navy personnel involved in SAR.

The DGNO also spoke about the Navy's relief efforts in the second wave of Covid-19. Operation Samudra Setu - 2 has been about procuring oxygen and drugs from all over the world. Even in this operation, the endeavour is to provide help to as many people as possible. He was speaking to BharatShakti’s Neelanjana Banerjee.

 

[Nilgiri]

Some visuals of both relief efforts....

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1399763774043672580

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1400373836046999553

 

[Isa Khan]

https://www.facebook.com/Livefist/posts/4178085422230049

 

[Isa Khan]

https://www.facebook.com/Livefist/posts/4180976941940897

 

[Rajendra Chola]

https://www.facebook.com/Livefist/posts/4180976941940897

Seems the ship is finally ready after some painstaking construction. Radars looks to be installed (though covered in latest pictures). But lots of testing has to go place.

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1409380241076736005

 

[Gessler]

I had posted a similar list in another forum, I've made some modifications since and am posting one here as well.

I've put together a pretty realistic/conservative estimate of the Indian Navy's warship & submarine plans for the next 2 decades.

NOTE: Only those projects that are known quantities have been included, as such some programs that are in distant future (like Next-Gen Frigate NGF) are not mentioned. I've arbitrarily drawn the line between major & minor combatant at 3,000T purely based on displacement (indicative of range/endurance/mission), otherwise some of the Minors here have more teeth than some Majors. Note that 1) new ships will be replacing old classes so only those ships that are reasonably likely to still be in service for a considerable period of time (~at least a decade from now) are listed. 2) I'm not counting any fictional boats that either do not have approval, or never quoted as existing, or too far away to consider as realistic like IAC-2 carrier or P-28A corvette or P-76 SSP respectively.

34 Major Surface Combatants

4 x Project 15B Visakhapatnam-class -- 7500t Destroyer
3 x Project 15A Kolkata-class -- 7400t Destroyer
3 x Either/or Project 15 Delhi-class refitted or Project 18 NGD (1 to 1 replacement possible) -- 6900t / 10,000+ ton Destroyer
7 x Project 17A Nilgiri-class -- 6700t Frigate
3 x Project 17 Shivalik-class -- 6200t Frigate
10 x Talwar/Krivak-II/Adm. Grigorovich-class -- 4000t Frigate
4 x Project 28 Kamorta-class -- 3400t Ocean-going Corvette

52 Minor Surface Combatants

7 x NGC -- Corvette
6 x NGMV -- 2500t Corvette
16 x Shallow-water ASW -- 700t Littoral Corvette
11 x NGOPV -- 2500t Ocean-going OPV
4 x Saryu-class -- 2200t Ocean-going OPV
8 x NG-MCMV -- Minesweeper

2 Aircraft Carriers

1 x Vikramaditya -- 45,700t STOBAR
1 x Project 71 Vikrant -- 45,000t STOBAR

13 Nuclear Submarines

3 x Arihant-class -- 7000t SSBN (later possible conversion to SSGN)
1 x S4* class -- ~8500t SSBN
3 x S5 class -- 13,500t SSBN
6 x Project 75A -- 5000t SSN

12 Diesel Submarines

6 x Project 75 Kalvari (Scorpene)-class -- 1800t SSK (later retrofitted to become SSP)
6 x Project 75I class -- ~3000t SSP

16 Amphibious Warfare Platforms

2 x MRSV -- ~20-25,000t LHD
8 x Mk.4 -- 1000t LCU
1 x Jalashwa -- 16,000t LPD
3 x Shardul-class -- 5700t LST
2 x Magar-class -- 5600t LST

That's about 104 surface combatants (88 fighting ships, 16 amphibs) & 25 large subsurface combatants - the sharp end of a roughly 200-ship Navy that includes other non-combat types like Fleet Replenishment, Support ships like submarine tenders, deep-sea rescue platforms, & Special vessels like Missile Range Instrumentation, hydrographic survey, etc etc (some of the types which USNS would operate) as well as smaller coastal submarines.

By no means an exhaustive list...just something I put together in an hour of free time.

 

[Raptor]

I had posted a similar list in another forum, I've made some modifications since and am posting one here as well.

I've put together a pretty realistic/conservative estimate of the Indian Navy's warship & submarine plans for the next 2 decades.

NOTE: Only those projects that are known quantities have been included, as such some programs that are in distant future (like Next-Gen Frigate NGF) are not mentioned. I've arbitrarily drawn the line between major & minor combatant at 3,000T purely based on displacement (indicative of range/endurance/mission), otherwise some of the Minors here have more teeth than some Majors. Note that 1) new ships will be replacing old classes so only those ships that are reasonably likely to still be in service for a considerable period of time (~at least a decade from now) are listed. 2) I'm not counting any fictional boats that either do not have approval, or never quoted as existing, or too far away to consider as realistic like IAC-2 carrier or P-28A corvette or P-76 SSP respectively.

34 Major Surface Combatants

4 x Project 15B Visakhapatnam-class -- 7500t Destroyer
3 x Project 15A Kolkata-class -- 7400t Destroyer
3 x Either/or Project 15 Delhi-class refitted or Project 18 NGD (1 to 1 replacement possible) -- 6900t / 10,000+ ton Destroyer
7 x Project 17A Nilgiri-class -- 6700t Frigate
3 x Project 17 Shivalik-class -- 6200t Frigate
10 x Talwar/Krivak-II/Adm. Grigorovich-class -- 4000t Frigate
4 x Project 28 Kamorta-class -- 3400t Ocean-going Corvette

52 Minor Surface Combatants

7 x NGC -- Corvette
6 x NGMV -- 2500t Corvette
16 x Shallow-water ASW -- 700t Littoral Corvette
11 x NGOPV -- 2500t Ocean-going OPV
4 x Saryu-class -- 2200t Ocean-going OPV
8 x NG-MCMV -- Minesweeper

2 Aircraft Carriers

1 x Vikramaditya -- 45,700t STOBAR
1 x Project 71 Vikrant -- 45,000t STOBAR

13 Nuclear Submarines

3 x Arihant-class -- 7000t SSBN (later possible conversion to SSGN)
1 x S4* class -- ~8500t SSBN
3 x S5 class -- 13,500t SSBN
6 x Project 75A -- 5000t SSN

12 Diesel Submarines

6 x Project 75 Kalvari (Scorpene)-class -- 1800t SSK (later retrofitted to become SSP)
6 x Project 75I class -- ~3000t SSP

16 Amphibious Warfare Platforms

2 x MRSV -- ~20-25,000t LHD
8 x Mk.4 -- 1000t LCU
1 x Jalashwa -- 16,000t LPD
3 x Shardul-class -- 5700t LST
2 x Magar-class -- 5600t LST

That's about 104 surface combatants (88 fighting ships, 16 amphibs) & 25 large subsurface combatants - the sharp end of a roughly 200-ship Navy that includes other non-combat types like Fleet Replenishment, Support ships like submarine tenders, deep-sea rescue platforms, & Special vessels like Missile Range Instrumentation, hydrographic survey, etc etc (some of the types which USNS would operate) as well as smaller coastal submarines.

By no means an exhaustive list...just something I put together in an hour of free time.

Indian navy needs larger budget to deter PLAAN

 

[Rajendra Chola]

I had posted a similar list in another forum, I've made some modifications since and am posting one here as well.

I've put together a pretty realistic/conservative estimate of the Indian Navy's warship & submarine plans for the next 2 decades.

NOTE: Only those projects that are known quantities have been included, as such some programs that are in distant future (like Next-Gen Frigate NGF) are not mentioned. I've arbitrarily drawn the line between major & minor combatant at 3,000T purely based on displacement (indicative of range/endurance/mission), otherwise some of the Minors here have more teeth than some Majors. Note that 1) new ships will be replacing old classes so only those ships that are reasonably likely to still be in service for a considerable period of time (~at least a decade from now) are listed. 2) I'm not counting any fictional boats that either do not have approval, or never quoted as existing, or too far away to consider as realistic like IAC-2 carrier or P-28A corvette or P-76 SSP respectively.

34 Major Surface Combatants

4 x Project 15B Visakhapatnam-class -- 7500t Destroyer
3 x Project 15A Kolkata-class -- 7400t Destroyer
3 x Either/or Project 15 Delhi-class refitted or Project 18 NGD (1 to 1 replacement possible) -- 6900t / 10,000+ ton Destroyer
7 x Project 17A Nilgiri-class -- 6700t Frigate
3 x Project 17 Shivalik-class -- 6200t Frigate
10 x Talwar/Krivak-II/Adm. Grigorovich-class -- 4000t Frigate
4 x Project 28 Kamorta-class -- 3400t Ocean-going Corvette

52 Minor Surface Combatants

7 x NGC -- Corvette
6 x NGMV -- 2500t Corvette
16 x Shallow-water ASW -- 700t Littoral Corvette
11 x NGOPV -- 2500t Ocean-going OPV
4 x Saryu-class -- 2200t Ocean-going OPV
8 x NG-MCMV -- Minesweeper

2 Aircraft Carriers

1 x Vikramaditya -- 45,700t STOBAR
1 x Project 71 Vikrant -- 45,000t STOBAR

13 Nuclear Submarines

3 x Arihant-class -- 7000t SSBN (later possible conversion to SSGN)
1 x S4* class -- ~8500t SSBN
3 x S5 class -- 13,500t SSBN
6 x Project 75A -- 5000t SSN

12 Diesel Submarines

6 x Project 75 Kalvari (Scorpene)-class -- 1800t SSK (later retrofitted to become SSP)
6 x Project 75I class -- ~3000t SSP

16 Amphibious Warfare Platforms

2 x MRSV -- ~20-25,000t LHD
8 x Mk.4 -- 1000t LCU
1 x Jalashwa -- 16,000t LPD
3 x Shardul-class -- 5700t LST
2 x Magar-class -- 5600t LST

That's about 104 surface combatants (88 fighting ships, 16 amphibs) & 25 large subsurface combatants - the sharp end of a roughly 200-ship Navy that includes other non-combat types like Fleet Replenishment, Support ships like submarine tenders, deep-sea rescue platforms, & Special vessels like Missile Range Instrumentation, hydrographic survey, etc etc (some of the types which USNS would operate) as well as smaller coastal submarines.

By no means an exhaustive list...just something I put together in an hour of free time.

Reg Nuclear subs, I don't think we are getting 7 SSBN. As of now there is no plan that exist in public domain that goes beyond S5. Considering S1 is shore based Nuke reactor, we might end up with 4 Boomers. S2/S3 with 4 silos, S4 with 8, S5 with 12 or 16.

Jalashwa would soon be retired. Hope we concentrate on Minesweeper though.

 

[Nilgiri]

Throwback time to 1948 commissioning of HMIS Delhi later INS Delhi (Leander class light cruiser):

All courtesy of @spokespersonNavy (twitter):

The first avatar of #INSDelhi was handed over to Sh VK Krishna Menon, High Commissioner
@HCI_London

Capt HS Brown was her first Commanding Officer, while Cdr RD Katari, who later became the #firstIndian #CNS, was the commissioning Executive Officer

In her prev avatar, Delhi was #HMSAchilles. #Delhi,1st in a series of cruisers acquired by #IndianNavy & named after major Indian cities, arrived in India on 16 Sep 1948, to a tumultuous welcome. These ships were formative steps in free India’s march to #maritime prowess

#Delhi participated as #IndianNavy's flagship in Coronation Naval Review(UK,1953), #LiberationofGoa campaign(1961) & President’s Fleet Review by Sh VV Giri(1969). After 30 illustrious years, she was decommissioned on 30 Jun 1978, leaving a grand exemplary legacy in her wake

@Joe Shearer @Anmdt

 

[Nilgiri]