INS Rajput (D51)
INS Rajput underway
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Name | INS Rajput |
Namesake | Rajput |
Owner | Indian Navy |
Operator | Indian Navy |
Builder | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant |
Commissioned | 4 May 1980 |
Identification | Pennant number: D51 |
Status | in active service |
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Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
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Length | 142 m (466 ft) |
Beam | 15.8 m (52 ft) |
Draught | 5 m (16 ft) |
Propulsion | 4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW) |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
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Complement | 320 (including 35 officers) |
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Aircraft carried | 1 x HAL Chetak helicopter |
INS Rajput is a guided-missile destroyer and the lead ship of the Template:Sclass- of the Indian Navy. She was commissioned on 4 May 1980. Commodore (later Vice Admiral) Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani was her first commanding officer.
Rajput served as a trial platform for the BrahMos cruise missile. The two P-20M inclined single launchers (port and starboard) were replaced by two boxed launchers, each with two Brahmos cells. A new variant of the Prithvi-III missile was test fired from Rajput on March 2007.[2] She is capable of attacking land targets, as well as fulfilling anti-aircraft and anti-submarine roles as a taskforce or carrier escort.[3] Rajput tracked the Dhanush ballistic missile during a successful test in 2005.[4]
References
- ^ Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems (5th ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.
- ^ "Dhanush, naval surface-to-surface missile, test fired successfully". domain-b.com. 31 March 2007. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ BRAHMOS NAVAL VERSION TESTED SUCCESSFULLY Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
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