TSAMTO, November 28th. The transfer of the lead improved frigate of project 11356 to India and the raising of the flag of the national Navy on it will take place in Kaliningrad on December 9.
This was reported to the RIA Novosti agency in the shipbuilding industry.
CAMTO reference:
Over the past few years, more than 200 Indian officers and sailors have been trained and trained on the ship located on the territory of PJSC Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar.
This frigate will later be commissioned into the Indian Navy as the "Tushil" (INS Tushil).
The second frigate, the "Tamal" (INS Tamal), will be delivered early next year.
The Indian Navy already has six frigates of Project 11356 in service. Four more are currently under construction and testing (two in Russia and two in India).
In October 2016, India and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement providing for the supply of four frigates of Project 11356 to the Indian Navy, including two of the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar JSC in Kaliningrad for the Russian Navy, and two built in India by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) in Goa.
As part of the implementation of the agreement, in October 2018, the Indian Ministry of Defense concluded a contract with Rosoboronexport JSC worth about $ 950 million for the completion of two frigates of Project 11356 (Admiral Butakov and Admiral Istomin, built for the Russian Navy) at the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad. The ships will receive new names "Tushil" and "Tamal".
The ships built by JSC Baltic Shipyard Yantar were supposed to be transferred to the Indian Navy at the end of 2022, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, payment problems and the conflict in Ukraine, the delivery dates were shifted to the right. For example, the gas turbine engines installed on the ships were purchased from the Ukrainian enterprise Zorya-Mashproekt by India and then delivered to a Russian shipyard. The first of these frigates was refloated in Kaliningrad in October 2021 and entered sea trials in March 2024.
The contract for the construction of two advanced Triput-class frigates was signed by the Indian Ministry of Defense with Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) on January 25, 2019. The ships are designed to perform anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare tasks, as well as provide air defense. The lead frigate was launched at the Goa facility on July 23, 2024. The delivery of Indian Navy ships is scheduled for June and December 2026.
The length of the Triput–class ship, designed taking into account the requirement of low visibility, will be 124.8 m, width – 15.2 m, draft – 4.5 m, displacement - about 3600 tons, estimated maximum speed – 28 knots. The ships will be equipped with modern weapons and detection equipment, as well as platform control systems.
The Triput-class ships under construction at GSL follow three Tag-class and three Talwar-class ships acquired for the Indian Navy in Russia. In accordance with the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, a significant part of the equipment, including weapons and detection equipment for the new ships, will be supplied by Indian companies.
