INS Chennai (D65)
File:INSChennai2015.png INS Chennai, about to begin her sea trials, November 2015
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Name | Chennai |
Namesake | Chennai |
Operator | Indian Navy |
Builder | Mazagon Dock Limited |
Laid down | February 2006 |
Launched | 2 April 2010 |
Completed | 12 November 2015 |
Commissioned | Late 2016 (Expected) |
Status | Undergoing sea trials |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
Displacement | 7,500 t (8,300 short tons)[1][2] |
Length | 163 m (535 ft) |
Beam | 17.4 m (57 ft) |
Speed | In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | Elbit Systems Deseaver MK II countermeasures systems and defensive aids suite |
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INS Chennai (D65) is the third ship of the Template:Sclass-s being built for the Indian Navy. She is under construction at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) located in Mumbai. INS Chennai has been built under the code name of Project 15 Alpha.[7]
Construction
She was laid down in February 2006, and was launched on 2 April 2010 by the Defence Minister Shri AK Antony's wife Smt Elizabeth Antony amidst chanting of Vedic hymns at a function in Mumbai, and is expected to be in commission in early 2016.[8] INS Chennai will be the first naval ship named after Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu.[9]
Features
The indigenously designed ship will have state of the art weapons and sensors, stealth features, an advanced action information system, a comprehensive auxiliary control system, world class modular living spaces, sophisticated power distribution system and a host of other advanced features.
INS Chennai will be fitted with the supersonic BrahMos surface-to-surface missile system. The system enables the ship to engage shore-based and naval surface targets at long range making it a lethal platform for strike against enemy targets. The ship's air defence capability, designed to counter the threat of enemy aircraft and anti-ship cruise missiles, will revolve around the vertical launch, long range surface-to-air missile system, which is being co-developed by DRDO. Four AK-630 rapid-fire guns will provide the ship with close-in-defence capability while an MR gun will enable her to provide effective naval gunfire support. Indigenously developed twin tube torpedo launchers and rocket launchers will add punch to the ship's anti-submarine capability. Indeed, these ships integrate many new features and involve design changes that ensure a far more advanced weapons platforms compared to the earlier Project 15 ships.[10]
See also
- INS Kolkata - Sister ship and first of the class.
- INS Kochi - Sister ship and second of the class.
References
- ^ "Navy gets its largest destroyer". The Hindu. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Largest destroyer project of Navy hit by delay". Defence Express. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Bharat Electronics Ltd. awards LW08 contract to Thales". Thalesgroup.com. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ "Indian Navy to get four new destroyers". dnaindia.com. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ^ Som, Vishnu (16 August 2014). "On INS Kolkata, PM is Only Partially Correct". NDTV. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
At the moment, she is designed to carry only 32 Barak surface-to-air missiles...
- ^ "India commissions second Kolkata-class destroyer". http://www.janes.com/. IHSJanes. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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- ^ "India launches indigenous Naval destroyer INS Chennai". Orissa Diary. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ "Project 15-A destroyer, INS Kochi To be launched on 18 Sep 2009". PIB. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ^ http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=17627