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F-43 Trishul

F-43 Trishul

Country: India India

Class, [Type]: Talwar, [FF].

Builder: Baltiyskiy Zavod, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Launch date: 24 November 2000.

Commission date: 25 June 2003.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.300, 3.780 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 125,3 x 15,2 x 7,3

Main machinery: COGAG: 2 x M-62 cruise gas turbines ( 6.000 hp each), 2 x M-8K boost gas turbines ( 21.642 hp each ); 2 x propellers.

Speed ( knots ): 32.

Range ( miles ): 700 at 30 knots, 3.900 at 20 knots, 4.500 at 18 knots.

Complement: 200.

Guns: 1 x 100mm/59 A-190E, 2 x 30mm; CWIS: 2 x Kashtan CIWS ( 8 x missiles on-mount, 64 x 9M-311/SA-N-11 Grison missiles ).

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x 3S-14NE VLS ( 8 x 3M-54TE Klub-N missiles); SAM: 1 x ZR-90 Shtil/Uragan (SA-N-7), single-rail MS-196 launcher ( 24 x 9M-38M13 Smerch missiles ), 2 x 4-round Fasta-series launchers ( Igla-1E missiles ).

Torpedoes: 2 x pair fixed 533mm DTA-53 TT ( SET-65E ASW and 53-65KE antiship torpedoes ).

A/S Mortars: 1 x RBU-6000 ( 60 x Splav 90R rockets ).

Military lift: 800tm fuel.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Kelvin-Hughes type ?; Navigation/Surface Search: 2 x MR-212/201-1; Air Search: 1 x MR-760MA Fregat-M2EM (Top Plate), 3-D; Target designators: 1 x MR-352 Pozitiv-E (Cross Dome) for CIWS, 1 x Garpun-E (Plank Shave) for SSM; Fire Control: 1 x MR-221 for 100mm gun; 4 x OP-3 (Front Dome) for SAM; 2 x 3P-87 (Hot Flash) for CIWS.

Sonar: Zvezda M-1 suite: MGK-345 Bronza, bow-mounted, low frequency. SSN-137 (Steer Hide), low frequency, VDS.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 8 x 10-round PK-10 Smelyy (KT-216 RL); EW: ASOR intercept/jammer suite.

Helicopter: 1 x Ka-31 or Ka-28 Helix.