INS Satpura

INS Satpura during Malabar 2012
History
India
Name:	INS Satpura
Namesake:	Satpura range
Builder:	Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down:	31 October 2002
Launched:	4 June 2004
Commissioned:	20 August 2011
Identification:	F48
Motto:	Nishchay, Garv, Sahas (Determination, Pride, Bravery)
Status:	in active service
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Shivalik-class frigate
Displacement:	6,200 tonnes (6,100 long tons; 6,800 short tons) full load[1]
Length:	142.5 m (468 ft)[2]
Beam:	16.9 m (55 ft)
Draught:	4.5 m (15 ft)
Installed power:	2 × Pielstick 16 PA6 STC Diesel engines 15,200 shp (11,300 kW) 2 × GE LM2500+ 33,600 shp (25,100 kW)
Propulsion:	boost turbines in CODOG configuration.
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)[3] 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) (diesel engines)
Complement:	257 (35 officers)
Sensors and processing systems:	1 × MR-760 Fregat M2EM 3-D radar 4 × MR-90 Orekh radar 1 × Elta EL/M-2238 STAR 2 × Elta EL/M-2221 STGR 1 × BEL APARNA HUMSA (hull-mounted sonar array) ATAS/Thales Sintra towed array systems
Electronic warfare & decoys:	BEL Ajanta electronic warfare suite
Armament:	Anti-air missiles: 32-cell VLS launched Barak 1 missiles 24× Shtil-1 medium range missiles Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles: 8 × VLS launched Klub, anti-ship cruise missiles or 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles Guns: 1 × 3.0-inch Otobreda, naval gun 2 × AK-630 CIWS Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × 2 DTA-53-956 torpedo launchers 2 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launchers
Aircraft carried:	2 × HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters

INS Satpura (F48) is a Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigate built for the Indian Navy. This class is an improvement over the preceding Talwar-class frigates with increased stealth and land attack features.^[4]

Construction

INS Satpura was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai. The keel was laid on 31 October 2002 and was launched on 4 June 2004. She was completed in 2010 and underwent sea trials before being commissioned on 20 August 2011 into the Eastern Naval Command headquartered at Visakhapatnam.^[4]

Service history

Deployment	Date	Port Visited	Commander	Notes and References
2012
Malabar 2012 with naval destroyers INS Ranvir, INS Ranvijay, corvette INS Kulish and fleet-tanker INS Shakti.		Bay of Bengal		[5][6]
2013
South East Asia with naval destroyer INS Ranvijay, corvette INS Kirch and fleet-tanker INS Shakti	6 May	Da Nang, Vietnam		[7]
	28 May	Changi, Singapore		Participated in IMDEX-13[8]
2015
South East Asia with naval destroyer INS Ranvir', corvette INS Kamorta and fleet tanker INS Shakti	23-26 May	Singapore	Captain Hari Krishnan[9]	SIMBEX-15 with Singapore Navy[10]
	4-6 June	Fremantle, Australia		[11][12]
	28-30 June	Sattahip, Thailand		[13]
2016
South China Sea and the Western Pacific Ocean	30 May to 3 June	Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam	Captain A N Pramod[14][15]
	13-15 August	Port Majuro, Marshall Islands		[16][17]
	30 June - 4 August	Hawaii, United States		25th edition of the RIMPAC Exercise[18][19]
	18-20 August	Pohnpei, Micronesia		[20]
	31 August - 3 September	Singapore		[21][22]

Images

The EL/M-2238 STAR radar onboard Satpura

References

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2. Cdr. A.K. Lambhate, "Stealth is Wealth", Sainik Samachar, Vol. 51, No. 14, 16–31 July 2004, Ministry of Defence (India).
3. Monica Chadha, India trials stealth frigate, BBC, 18 April 2003
4. "Shivalik Class Frigates". Naval Technology. 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
5. Carrier Strike Group 1 Completes Exercise Malabar 2012
6. Carl Vinson Sailors Make History During Exercise Malabar 2012
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11. "Indian Navy Vessels Dock in Fremantle, Australia". Naval Today. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
12. Saran, Shyam (2015-11-27). "India and Australia: From a Shared Ocean and Shared Values to Strategic Convergence". The Wire. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
13. Thailand, Nation Multimedia Group Public Company Limited, Nationmultimedia.com,. "Indian vessels dock at Sattahip to boost bilateral defence ties - The Nation". The Nation. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
14. Diplomat, Franz-Stefan Gady, The. "South China Sea Deployment: Indian Stealth Warships Visit Vietnam". The Diplomat. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
15. "Visit of Indian Warships to Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
16. "Visit of Indian Warship to Port Majuro, Marshall Islands | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
17. "INS Satpura enters Port Majuro, Marshall Islands on 2 Days visit - Defence Aviation Post". 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
18. Standard, Business. "INS Satpura Reaches Hawaii USA for Exercise RIMPAC 2016". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
19. "INS Satpura reaches Hawaii, USA for exercise RIMPAC 2016 | Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
20. "Indian Navy makes inaugural port call in Micronesia | IHS Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
21. "Indian warship INS Satpura on four-day visit to Singapore | NetIndian". netindian.in. 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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