INS Delhi (D61)
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This article is about the current destroyer INS Delhi. For the cruiser in service between 1948 and 1978, see INS Delhi (1948)
| Career |
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|---|---|
| Ordered: | 20 March 1992 |
| Laid down: | 12 December 1992 |
| Launched: | 20 March 1995 |
| Commissioned: | 15 November 1997 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Active Service |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6,500 Ton |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 17 metres |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 32+ knots |
| Range: | 5000 miles |
| Complement: | 360 (Including 40 Officers) |
| Armament: | |
| Aircraft: | 2 Sea King Helos |
| Motto: | |
INS Delhi (D61) is the name-ship of the Delhi class destroyer of the Indian Navy. She was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai (Bombay) and was commissioned on 15 November 1997. Her class is the largest class of warship to built in India.
The Delhi class is a hybrid of Soviet and Western designs, incorporating elements of the Sovremenny class destroyer, the Rajput class (Kashin-II) destroyer, and the Godavari class frigate.
[edit] Specifications
- Displacement: 6700 - 6900 tons
- Length: 163 metres
- Beam: 17 metres
- Draught: 6.5 metres
- Maximum speed: 32+ knots
- Economical speed: 14-18 knots
- Maximum range: 5000 miles
- Ships' complement: 360, including 40 officers.
- Main machinery: 2 x Zorya Production Association M36E gas turbine plants producing over 64,000 hp.
- Weapons:
- 16 x 3M-24E (NATO: SS-N-25 Switchblade) Anti-shipping missiles housed in four quadruple launchers The Delhi Class will be retrofitted with the land-attack 3M24E1 anti-shipping missile, which has more fuel extending the range to 250 km, at a later date.
- INS Delhi is fitted with the Barak SAM system.
- 1 x 100mm AK-100 single-barrelled, water-cooled gun. The AK-100 can engage aerial and surface targets at a rate of fire of 30 - 50 rounds/minute.
- 4 x 30mm AK-630 Gatling guns to shoot down incoming anti-ship missiles, at 3000 rounds per minute to 2.5 km. (It is not clear if these Gatling guns have been removed on the Delhi to accommodate the Barak SAMs).
- 5 x 533mm PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launchers are fitted amidships. The launchers can fire different types of heavyweight torpedoes such as wire guided or wake homing types. The Delhi Class destroyers are armed with the SET-65E; anti-submarine, active & passive homing torpedo to 8.1 nautical miles; 15 km at 40 knots with a 205 kg warhead and the Type 53-65; passive wake homing torpedo to 10.3 nautical miles; 19 km at 45 knots with a 305 kg warhead.
- 2 x RBU-6000 Anti-submarine rocket launchers, firing up to 192 RGB-60 depth-charge rockets to engage submarines at up to 6000 metres range and depth of 500 metres.
- 2 x Sea King Mk.42B anti-submarine helicopters.
