INS Mysore (D60)
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| Career |
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|---|---|
| Ordered: | 1985 |
| Laid down: | 1991 |
| Launched: | 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 1999 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Active Service |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6,500 Ton |
| Length: | 63 metres |
| Beam: | 17 metres |
| Draught: | 6.5 metres |
| Propulsion: | CODAG system, two AM-50 gas turbines of 54,000 horsepower; two KVM-diesel engines rated at 9,900 horsepower |
| Speed: | 32+ knots |
| Range: | 5000 miles |
| Complement: | 360 (Including 40 Officers) |
| Armament: | 16 Kh-35 Surface to Surface missiles; 2 SA-N-7 Surface to Air launchers; 1 100mm gun, 4 30mm ak650 guns; 1 quintuple 533mm torpedo launcher |
| Aircraft: | 2 Sea King Helos |
| Motto: | Na Bhibheti Kadaachana (Sanskrit for Always Fearless) |
The INS Mysore is a Delhi-class destroyer of the Indian Navy built in India.
The ship was commissioned in 1999, and is on active service as of 2004. INS Mysore is named after the former Indian state of Mysore, now known as Karnataka. The double-headed Romanoff eagle from the coat of arms of the royal family of Mysore is used in the crest of INS Mysore. The keel of the INS Mysore was laid down in February 1991 and launched on 4 June 1993. Sea trials began in the Arabian Sea in March 1999, and it was commissioned on 2 June 1999. Her commissioning CO was Captain Rajiv Dhamdhere.
This ship is the successor to another ship of the same name (formerly the HMS Nigeria). HMS Nigeria was British Fiji class cruiser that served the Indian Navy from 1957 to 1985.
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