INS Rajput (D51)
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INS Rajput underway
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| History | |
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| Name: | INS Rajput |
| Namesake: | Rajput |
| Owner: | Indian Navy |
| Operator: | Indian Navy |
| Builder: | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1980 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: D51 |
| Status: | in active service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Rajput-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 147 m (482 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 Rajput class of the Indian Navy. She was commissioned on 30 September 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[edit]
- ^ Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems (5th ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.
- ^ domain-b.com: Dhanush, naval surface-to-surface missile, test fired successfully
- ^ BRAHMOS NAVAL VERSION TESTED SUCCESSFULLY Archived 2010-09-24 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
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