Tajmahal

A visit to the INS Shivalik

Courtesy Col Ajai Shukla

http://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2009/...as-newest.html

Yusuf

Its a beauty.

sohamsri

That she is.

The shipyards are wonderfully busy..

[IN THE PIPELINE: WARSHIPs BEING BUILT IN INDIA]

Kochi shipyard : Indigenous aircraft carrier

Mazagon Dock, : Project 17 : Three Shivalik class frigates
Mumbai Project 15-A : Three Kolkata class destroyers
Project Scorpene : Six Scorpene submarines

Garden Reach : Project 28 : Four anti-submarine corvettes
Shipyard, Kolkata Ten fast attack craft
Two Landing ships for amphibious warfare

Goa Shipyard : Three OPVs (Offshore Patrol Vessels)

Private yards : Six survey vessels

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payeng

Thanks to SAIL with its D40S

BTW When is the projected commissioning date?

Grim

She is a fine looking ship.
I have a question about the hardware used on her. I notice in the photos the use of standard head fasteners on the control console. I was wondering is this normal for navel vessels? I personally prefer Phillips head on my very small boat and was of the opinion that standard head were hard to use in rough water.
Grim

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nebula82

Thanks for the link, it was a very good read. The INS Shivalik looks beautiful and is one versatile ship!

How large is the Shivalik in displacement tonnage, and how does its size compare to frigates in the US, Russian & Chinese navies?

Nebula82.

nebula82

Approximately 58 days (of course it's less now) as stated by Col Shukla, subject to acquiring the appropriate engines.

Nebula82.

nebula82

Ah, the benefits of a growing budget

The shipyards (both civilian & military) are rapidly progressing up the value chain, good stuff. I hope they are increasing capacity as well to match demand, don't want a huge order backlog, especially of warships!

Nebula82.

bolo121

Talk about strategic placement !!

I wonder if they are planning any air defense ddgs or cruisers for the IAC's battlegroup.

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payeng

I think cruisers are not in IN's shopping list though better air defense should be a matter of concern.

kuku

Its nothing like the huge capability on the Korean/Japanese/USN ships, the Kolkata class (project 15A) will have a decent air defence capability with the Barak-8 for medium range and barak missile for point defence with MF-STAR (S-band solid-state active phased array radar).

No real air threat from the Regional Naval powers.

A recent drawing from a journalists blog

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_44d3OT-xI3...-class+DDG.jpg

Four follow on destroyers to the Kolkata class under project 15B will be more advanced, possibly concentrating more on anti air element if the situation in the region changes, until then a multi-role capability is exactly what is needed.

http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite...D?OpenDocument
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1239890

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Tajmahal

^^^^ Yes the P-15A is a deadly beauty! It will give IN an edge over its enemies. But Govt already sanctioned the P-15A with full stealth, long range LACM and other new generation weapons and sensors!

The actual number of ships ordered/under-construction for next 6 years ie by 2015......

[IN THE PIPELINE: WARSHIPs BEING BUILT IN INDIA]

Kochi shipyard : Indigenous aircraft carrier (1 more 65000 ton carrier ie IAC-2)

Mazagon Dock, : Project 17 : Three Shivalik class frigates (7 more P-17A FFG)
Mumbai Project 15-A : Three Kolkata class destroyers (4 more P-15B DDG)
Project Scorpene : Six Scorpene submarines (6 more SSK)

Garden Reach : Project 28 : Four anti-submarine corvettes (total number ordered is 12)
Shipyard, Kolkata Ten fast attack craft
Two Landing ships for amphibious warfare

Goa Shipyard : Three OPVs (Offshore Patrol Vessels)

Private yards : Six survey vessels

Hindustan Shipyard : Total 5 SSN/SSBN/SSGN orederd. 1 being built 2 more under construction.

But still I will say that India's defence build-up is very very slow but high tech and up-to-date.

payeng

Are Kabini core GT used in any Indian Warship yet?

Tajmahal

No. It is a technology demonstrator and still under development. But it will be used in future smaller vessels like corvettes, smaller frigates. It also helped to gain knowhow for development of future higher rated engines for FFGs and DDGs.