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Indian Navy Receives First of the Four Visakhapatnam-Class Destroyers

IRIA Staff – November 22, 2021

Indian Navy received the first of its four indigenously developed Visakhapatnam-class vessels on November 21.

The first INS Visakhapatnam is also known as P-15B or P-15 Bravo-Class Destroyer.

P-15B is a guided-missile destroyer built by Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL), a Mumbai-based Indian shipbuilder.

Indian Navy and MDL signed a contract in January 2011 to build four Project 15B warships.

the Indian Ministry of Defence stated that Project 15B features indigenous content of nearly 75 percent.

The destroyer has a speed of 30 knots (56 km/h), 7,400 MMS with an average speed of 14 knots, and an endurance of 45 days.

The vessel’s detachable include, rail-less Helicopter Hanger for two Medium-Sized Helicopters and four RIHB Rigid Inflatable Boats.

The destroyer’s length is 164 meters, 17.4 meters beam, 6.5 meters draft, with a displacement capacity of 74,000 tonnes, and can carry a crew of 300 (including 50 officers + 250 sailors.

Weapons:

• OTO Melara 76mm naval gun
• BAE Manufactured Mk 45, 127mm naval gun
• AK-630M systems on the front and rear of the ship
• 32 Barak-8ER SAM (LR-SAM)
• 8-cell Vertical Launching System (VLS) 
• 8 BrahMos Anti-Ship Missiles
• Twin Torpedo Launchers for Varunastra heavyweight-torpedo
• RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine Rocket Launchers

Sensors and Radars:

• IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-Band AESA Radar for Surface Targets
• Thales LW-08 D-Band Air Search Radar for Arial Targets
• BEL HUMSA-NG Bow Sonar  
• BEL Nagin Active Towed-Array Sonar
• Kavach Anti-Missile Decoy Systems
• NSTL Maareech Torpedo-Countermeasure Systems

Propulsion System:

• 2 Russian built Zoya M36E Gas Turbine
• 4 DT-59 reversible Gas Turbines
• 2 Bergen GRSE KVM-Diesel Engines (9,900hps each)
• Wartsila WCM-1000 Engine Generators.