India's New Warships from Russia: INS Tushil and INS Tamala On Track for 2024 Arrival

Defense News ,India :-  On March 5, 2024, INS Tushil began its sea trials from Russia's Baltiysk naval base. This frigate proudly carries the pennant number 435, as shown in the picture.

Let's go back to October 2016 when India signed a deal with Russia. The agreement, called the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA), aimed to buy or build four Admiral Grigorovich-class (Project 11356M) frigates. This collaboration involves both Russian and Indian shipyards. Russia is providing two frigates, namely INS Tushil and INS Tamala, while the other two will be constructed in India.

According to the IGA, Russia is offering technical support to help India set up the production of the 11356 project frigates. INS Tushil, the first Krivak-III frigate acquired under this project, was launched at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia, on October 29, 2021.

Despite various geopolitical challenges, Russia is making good progress. It seems that both INS Tushil and INS Tamala are set to be delivered by the end of 2024, just as planned in the contract.

Some of the specifications of the Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate:

• Displacement: 3,350 tonnes (standard) and 3,850 tonnes (full load)
• Length: 124.8 metres (409 ft 5 in)
• Beam: 15.2 metres (49 ft 10 in)
• Draught: 4.2 metres (13 ft 9 in)
• Propulsion: 2 shaft COGAG; 2 DS-71 cruise gas turbines 8,450 shp (6,300 kW); 2 DT-59 boost gas turbines 22,000 shp (16,000 kW) ; Total: 60,900 shp (45,400 kW) or 2 x M90FR FRU 20 (25/28) MW boost , 2 x cruise M70FRU-2 14 MW , 8 MW Total: 56 – 68 MW
• Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
• Range: 4,830 nautical miles (9,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
• Complement: 220
• Armament:
• 1 × 100mm A-190E naval gun
• 2 × 32-vertical launch system for 9M317 (SA-N-12) surface-to-air missiles
• 2 × quadruple launchers for Kh-35E (SS-N-25) anti-ship missiles
• 1 × AK-630 close-in weapon system
• 2 × RBU-6000 12-barrel anti-submarine rocket launchers
• 2 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (either two triple launchers for APR-3M or one quintuple launcher for 53-65K)
• 1 × Ka-28 or Ka-31 helicopter
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