INS Imphal

INS Imphal is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She is being constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) and has been launched on 20 April 2019. The ship is expected to be commissioned by 2023.[2] The ship was named in recognition of the Indian soldiers who fought in Battle of Imphal during World War II.[3] It is the first Indian Navy ship named after a city in Northeast India.[4]

Launch of INS Imphal.
History
India
Name: Imphal
Namesake: Imphal
Operator: Indian Navy
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited
Laid down: 19 May 2017
Launched: 20 April 2019
Commissioned: Est. 2023
Identification: Pennant number:D68
Status: Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type: Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyer
Displacement: 7,300 t (7,200 long tons; 8,000 short tons) full load
Length: 163 m (535 ft)
Beam: 17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft: 6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion:
  • Combined gas and gas system: Twin Zorya M36E gas turbine plants with 4 × DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 × RG-54 gearboxes
  • 2 × Bergen/GRSE KVM-diesel engines, 9,900 hp (7,400 kW) each
  • 4 × 1 MWe Wärtsilä WCM-1000 generator sets driving Cummins KTA50G3 engines and Kirloskar 1 MV AC generators
Speed: In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew: 300 (50 officers and 250 sailors)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 Elbit Systems Deseaver MK II counter-measures systems and defensive aids suite
Armament:
  • Anti-air missiles:
  • 4 × 8-cell VLS, for a total of 32
  • Barak 8 missiles (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 100 km (62 mi)
  • Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
  • 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack missiles
  • Guns:
  • 1 × BAE 5 inch 62-calibre Mk 45 naval gun[1]
  • 4 × AK-630 CIWS
  • Anti-submarine warfare:
  • 4 × 533 mm Torpedo tubes
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried: 2 × Westland Sea King or HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilities:

Construction

The keel of Imphal was laid down on 19 May 2017, and she was launched on 20 April 2019 at Mazagon Dock Limited of Mumbai.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Trump Administration approves sale of $1 billion worth of naval guns to India". LiveMint. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  2. "Navy Launches Guided Missile Destroyer INS Imphal Under Project 15B". NDTV.com. Press Trust of India. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. "Navy's gesture to the Battle of Imphal elates Northeast". Deccan Herald. 21 April 2019.
  4. "In a First, Indian Navy Names Warship After Northeast City". The Wire. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  5. "Keel laid for the third ship of P15B class destroyers | Freepress Journal Release". web.archive.org. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  6. "Indian Navy: Navy chief launches new guided missile destroyer 'INS Imphal' - The Economic Times". m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org. Retrieved 20 April 2019.


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