Indian Navy took part in the third class destroyer "Calcutta"

At the shipyard in Mumbai, the ceremony of handing over the third and the last in a series of Calcutta-class missile destroyers, known as Chennai, took place at the Indian Navy. Flot.com.

Calcutta-class missile destroyer (15A Project), Indian Navy

Construction of the series began in September 2003. Destroyer "Chennai" was laid in 2006 g, launched in 2010 g.

The length of the ship 163 m, width - 17,4 m, displacement - 7500 t. The power plant with four Ukrainian-made DT-59 gas turbines allows it to reach speeds of more than 30 nodes. The crew of the ship - 395 people., Cruising range - 8100 miles. The armament is the BrahMos cruise missiles, the Barak-8 / NG air defense missile system, the Oto Melara X-mm mm gun mount and the AK-76 Russian X-gun system 4.

It is also reported that "for the fight against submarines, the destroyer is equipped with Indian twin-tube torpedo tubes and Smerch-6000 jet-bombing installations RBU-2". It can carry two Sea King or Chetak helicopters.

Comments

[NEXUS]

It is time for us to start building at least light destroyers ... There is a project with GTU in the export version of the ShKVAL destroyer. Why, without finalizing it, not starting to build a series of new destroyers for myself, I don’t understand.

[Giant thought]

The Indians of the Chennai also had a good long-term construction, 10 years is also a period, we also would not hurt to at least definitely decide on the timing of the construction of the destroyer Leader and its power plant.

[NEXUS]

Quote: Thought Giant

it would also not hurt us, at least for sure, to determine the timing of the construction of the destroyer "Leader" and its power plant.

The leader will be with YaSU and this is approved ... I'm not talking about him, but about the Flurry project with GTU. With a displacement of up to 9000 tons.
Regarding the Leader, I think if they decide to build it, then after the 20th year.

[vovanpain]

Well, I envy the good envy of the Indians, well done.

[lis-ik]

And behind him, is it not according to our project that the frigates are standing, judging by the size of the destroyer, they did not go far from them.

[common man]

Quote: NEXUS

There is a project with GTU in the export version of the ShKVAL destroyer

Do you have a gas turbine in stock? How many have been ground, so far Russia does not have its own ship gas turbines.

[NEXUS]

Quote: man in the street

Do you have a gas turbine in stock? How many have been ground, so far Russia does not have its own ship gas turbines.

The domestic gas turbine is now undergoing tests ... while we are laying the destroyer, gas turbines will be accepted for operation.

[Dart2027]

Quote: NEXUS

There is a project with gas turbine

GTU is not. Nobody will start building anything until the series is launched, simply because they do not want to fly like with frigates.

Quote: NEXUS

while we lay the destroyer, gas turbines will be accepted for operation

In order to design a ship, you need to know what it will consist of. So far, something is being tested, this is good, but not enough - that's when it will be said "we are ready to supply gas turbines with such and such characteristics (power, dimensions, control systems, etc.), here's the TU, here You need TO and IE, here are the dimensional drawings - design ", then it's time.

[Engineer]

Well, well, we can only rejoice and envy. We’ve got the Sulfur Fleet replenished with two boats, but we didn’t even take up destroyers, except for the pictures and the mock-ups of the designers. It is only strange that the Indians did not stick the export version of the calibers there.

[donavi49]

They have Bramos. They promote it, sell it. Why should they set calibers, also with 300km restrictions? Moreover, they are developing CRs in the Brahmos cell.

[Banishing liberoids]

The toad is strangling - when will we begin to build destroyers for ourselves first?

[Sagittarius]

I absolutely agree with you when the destroyers will begin to build destroyers for our fleet in Russia, but it’s time already.