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History
India
Name	Sahyadri
Namesake	Sahyadri hills
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Cost	$245 Million
Laid down	17 March 2003
Launched	27 May 2005
Commissioned	21 July 2012
Identification	F49
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Shivalik-class guided missile frigate
Displacement	6,200 tonnes (6,100 long tons; 6,800 short tons) full load
Length	142.5 m (468 ft)
Beam	16.9 m (55 ft)
Draught	4.5 m (15 ft)
Installed power	2 × Pielstick 16 PA6 STC Diesel engines 15,200 shp (11,300 kW) 2 × GE LM2500+ 33,600 shp (25,100 kW)
Propulsion	boost turbines in CODOG configuration.
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) (diesel engines)
Complement	257 (including 35 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	1 × MR-760 Fregat M2EM 3-D radar 4 × MR-90 Orekh radar 1 × Elta EL/M-2238 STAR 2 × Elta EL/M-2221 STGR 1 × BEL APARNA HUMSA (hull-mounted sonar array) ATAS/Thales Sintra towed array systems
Electronic warfare & decoys	BEL Ajanta electronic warfare suite
Armament	Anti-air missiles: 32-cell VLS launched Barak 1 missiles 24 × Shtil-1 medium range missiles Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles: 8 × VLS launched Klub, anti-ship cruise missiles or 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles Guns: 1 × 3 in (76 mm) Otobreda, naval gun 2 × AK-630 CIWS Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × 2 DTA-53-956 torpedo launchers 2 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launchers
Aircraft carried	2 × HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters.

INS Sahyadri (F49) is a Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigate built for the Indian Navy. This class features improved stealth and land attack capabilities over the preceding Talwar-class frigates. The ship is affiliated with Indian Army's Poona Horse armoured regiment.

Construction

INS Sahyadri was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) located in Mumbai. The keel of the vessel was laid on 30 September 2003 and was launched on 27 May 2005. It underwent sea trials in 2011–2012. From there it was commissioned on 21 July 2012 into the Eastern Naval Command headquartered at Visakhapatnam.

Service history

Miscellaneous

INS Sahyadri was awarded the ‘Best Ship Trophy’ at the annual Fleet Awards functions five times namely in the years 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2019-20 and 2020-21 and was also presented with Unit Citation in the year 2019-20 in Visakhapatnam. The ship is affiliated with the Poona Horse, one of the oldest armoured regiments of the Indian Army.

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v t e Frigates of the Indian Navy
Commissioned ships	Shivalik class Shivalik Satpura Sahyadri Talwar class Talwar (F40) Trishul (F43) Tabar Teg Tarkash Trikand Tushil Brahmaputra class Brahmaputra (1994) Betwa (F39) Beas (F37)
Decommissioned ships	Frigates River class HMIS Neza HMIS Dhanush HMIS Shamsher HMIS Kukri HMIS Hooghly HMIS Tir Blackwood class Khukri Kirpan Kuthar Whitby class Talwar (F140) Trishul (F143) Leopard class Brahmaputra (1957) Beas (1958) Betwa (1959) Nilgiri class Nilgiri Himgiri Udaygiri Dunagiri Vindhyagiri Taragiri Leander class Krishna Godavari class Godavari Ganga Gomati Sloops Anchusa class HMIS Elphinstone P class HMIS Baluchi HMIS Pathan Grimsby class HMIS Indus Aubrietia class HMIS Cornwallis Black Swan class HMIS Narbada HMIS Godavari HMIS Cauvery HMIS Sutlej HMIS Jumna HMIS Kistna Hastings class HMIS Hindustan Other sloops HMIS Clive HMIS Lawrence
Future ships	Nilgiri class INS Nilgiri INS Udaygiri INS Taragiri INS Mahendragiri INS Himgiri INS Dunagiri INS Vindhyagiri Project 17B class 7-8 ships
Footnotes Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Dhanush. Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Shamsher. Renamed as INS Kukri post republic. Renamed as INS Hooghly post republic. Renamed as INS Tir post republic. Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978. Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978. Later reclassified as frigates Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum. Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind. Renamed as INS Kaveri post republic. Renamed as INS Sutlej post republic. Renamed as INS Jumuna post republic. Renamed as INS Krisna post republic. Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz.

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