List of destroyer classes of the Indian Navy

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Template:New unreviewed article This is a list of destroyers of the Indian Navy, grouped by class, and ordered by pennant numbers within the class.

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers. They were originally developed in the late 19th century as a defence against torpedo boats, and by the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, these "torpedo boat destroyers" (TBD) were "large, swift, and powerfully armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats."[1] Although the term "destroyer" had been used interchangeably with "TBD" and "torpedo boat destroyer" by navies since 1892, the term "torpedo boat destroyer" had been generally shortened to simply "destroyer" by nearly all navies by the First World War.[2] Before World War II, destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unattended ocean operations; typically a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender operated together. After the war, the advent of the guided missile allowed destroyers to take on the surface combatant roles previously filled by battleships and cruisers. This resulted in larger and more powerful guided missile destroyers more capable of independent operation.

Currently Indian Navy operates 10 guided missile destroyers comprising from three different classes namely Template:Sclass-, Template:Sclass-, Template:Sclass-.[3]

Commissioned ships

10 destroyers comprising from three different classes are currently in active service with the Indian Navy. INS Kolkata, the lead-ship of Template:Sclass-s with about 7,500 tonnes of displacement is largest destroyer presently in service with the Indian Navy.[4]

Class Picture Type Ships Origin Displacement References
Template:Sclass- File:INS Kolkata.jpg Stealth guided missile destroyer INS Kolkata (D63)[5][6]
INS Kochi (D64)[7][8] 		 India 7,500 tonnes [9][10]
Template:Sclass- Guided missile destroyer INS Delhi (D61)
INS Mysore (D60)
INS Mumbai (D62) 		 India 6,700 tonnes [9][11]
Template:Sclass-[Note 1] INS Ranvijay Guided missile destroyer INS Rajput (D51)
INS Rana (D52)
INS Ranjit (D53)
INS Ranvir (D54)
INS Ranvijay (D55) 		 Soviet Union 4,974 tonnes [9][12]
[13]

Decommissioned ships

Class Ships Origin Commissioned Decommissioned Fate References
R class INS Rajput (D141)[Note 2][14]
INS Ranjit (D209)[Note 3][15]
INS Rana (D115)[Note 4][16] 		 United Kingdom 28 July 1949
4 July 1949
9 September 1949 		30 June 1973
30 September 1975
30 September 1971 		scrapped
scrapped
scrapped 		[17][18]
Template:Sclass- INS Godavari (D92)[Note 5][19]
Error: {{INS}} invalid control parameter: 7 (help)[Note 6][20]
Error: {{INS}} invalid control parameter: 7 (help)[Note 7][21] 		 United Kingdom 27 April 1953
24 April 1953
18 June 1953 		1976
1975
1975 		scrapped
scrapped
scrapped 		[18][22]

Future ships

INS Chennai of Template:Sclass- is expected to be commissioned by end of 2016[10] and of 4 ships of the Template:Sclass- two ships (INS Visakhapatnam and INS Porbandar) are under construction and the other two (INS Mormugao and INS Paradip) are in planning phase.[23]

Class Picture Type No. of Ships Origin Displacement References
Kolkata class File:INS Kolkata.jpg Stealth guided missile destroyer 3[Note 8]  India 7,500 tonnes [10]
Visakhapatnam class Stealth guided missile destroyer 4[Note 9]  India 8,000 tonnes [24]

See also

Notes

Footnotes
  1. ^ Modified version of Soviet Template:Sclass-.
  2. ^ Formerly HMS Rotherham (H09).
  3. ^ Formerly HMS Redoubt (H41).
  4. ^ Formerly HMS Raider (H15).
  5. ^ Formerly HMS Bedale.
  6. ^ Formerly HMS Lamerton (L88).
  7. ^ Formerly HMS Chiddingfold (L31).
  8. ^ Two ships (INS Kolkata, INS Kochi) are commissioned and the last ship Error: {{INS}} invalid control parameter: 7 (help) is undergoing sea trials, to be commissioned by 2016.
  9. ^ Two ships are under construction and two ships are in planning phase.
Citations
  1. ^ Gove p. 2412
  2. ^ Lyon p. 8, 9
  3. ^ "Surface Ships". Indian Navy. Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Navy gets its largest destroyer". The Hindu. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  5. ^ "INS Kolkata". Indian Navy. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  6. ^ "India welcomes its first home-built warship". Daily Mail UK. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  7. ^ "INS Kochi". Indian Navy. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  8. ^ "India's deadliest naval warship INS Kochi commissioned in Mumbai". Indian Express. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "Vikramaditya, Viraat, Delhi Class, Rajput Class, Kolkata Class". Indian Navy. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  10. ^ a b c "Kolkata Class Guided Missile Destroyers". Naval Technology. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  11. ^ "India's Most Dangerous Destroyers , Delhi-Class Destroyers in Service". AerMech.IN. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Rajput Class Guided-Missile Destroyer". Military Today. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  13. ^ John Pike. "D 51 Rajput Class". Globalsecurity. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  14. ^ "HMS ROTHERHAM (H 09)". Naval History [dot] net. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  15. ^ "HMS Redoubt, destroyer; INS Ranjit". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  16. ^ "HMS Raider; INS Rana". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  17. ^ John Pike. "R-Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  18. ^ a b Satyindra Singh (1992), p. 56.
  19. ^ "ORP Slazak, Polish escort destroyer, ex-HMS Bedale". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  20. ^ "HMS Lamerton, escort destroyer". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  21. ^ "HMS Chiddingfold, escort destroyer". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  22. ^ "Hunt class Destroyers". gb-navy-ww2.narod.ru. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  23. ^ "Bengaluru's loss is Vizag's gain in naming warship". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  24. ^ "Project 15B Improved Kolkata Class Destroyer". www.globalsecurity.org.

References

  • Satyindra Singh (1992). Blueprint to Bluewater, the Indian Navy, 1951-65. New Delhi: Lancer Internat. ISBN 9788170621485. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  • Lyon, David, The First Destroyers. Chatham Publishing, 1 & 2 Faulkner's Alley, Cowcross St. London, Great Britain; 1996. ISBN 1-55750-271-4.
  • Gove, Philip Babock (Editor in Chief). Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged. (2002) Merriam-Webster Inc., Publishers, Massachusetts, USA.

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