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INS Rajput (D51) during an exercise sporting Revathi radar.
Class overview
Name	Rajput
Builders	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Operators	Indian Navy
Succeeded by	Delhi class
Planned	5
Completed	5
Active	3
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement	3,950 tons standard 4,974 tons full load
Length	146.5 m (481 ft)
Beam	15.8 m (52 ft)
Draught	4.8 m (16 ft)
Propulsion	4 × Zorya-Mashproekt M3E gas turbines in COGAG, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW); 2 shafts
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) 2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement	320 (including 35 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Navigation: 2 × Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency, Air: 1 × MP-500 Kliver radar at C-band or 1 × Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band (installed on INS Ranjit), Air/Surface: 1 × MR-310U Angara radar at E-band, replaced by 1 × EL/M-2238 STAR Communication: Inmarsat, Sonar: 1 × hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 × Vyega MG-325 variable depth sonar
Armament	See Armaments
Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-28 in last two ships and HAL Chetak helicopter in first three ships

The Rajput-class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet Kashin-class destroyers. They are also known as Kashin-II class. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union after considerable Indian design modifications to the Kashin design. These included the replacement of the helicopter pad in the original design with a flight elevator, as well as major changes to the electronics and combat systems. Five units were built for export to India in the 1980s. All units are currently attached to the Eastern Naval Command.

Service history

The Rajput class inherited their anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare roles for aircraft carrier task-force defense against submarines, low-flying aircraft, and cruise missiles from the Kashin class. They were the first ships in the Indian Navy to deploy the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems. The systems were deployed during a mid-life refit of the ships. The missile system has four missiles in inclined bow mounted launchers replacing two SS-N-2D Styx AShM launchers in INS Rajput and eight cell VLS system replacing aft S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launcher in INS Ranvir and INS Ranvijay. Ranvijay was deployed with an updated vertical launcher for the BrahMos missile. As of 2008, the Indian Navy is planning to upgrade the propulsion of the Rajput-class ships with indigenous Kaveri Marine Gas Turbine (KMGT) engine developed by Gas Turbine Research Establishment of DRDO. The engine is currently in testing phase.

During TROPEX-21 exercise of the Indian Navy, the decommissioned Ranjit was sunk by a torpedo.

Rajput was decommissioned from the service on 21 May 2021.

Armaments

Ships of the class

See also

• List of active Indian Navy ships
• List of destroyers of India
• List of naval ship classes in service

References

1. ^ Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 314. ISBN 978-0710626929.
2. "Report No. 20 of 2017 (Navy and Coast Guard)" (PDF). Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
3. Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems (5th ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.
4. Indian Navy: INS Rajput, 8 Other Warships To Deploy Brahmos Cruise Missiles
5. BrahMos all set to cruise into Kerala Archived 2007-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Modified Kaveri Engine to Propel Indian Navy Ships". Press Information Bureau. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
7. Indian Navy's Combat-Readiness Exercise Tropex-21 Underway In Indian Ocean Region. Republic TV. 10 February 2021. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
8. "Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 21) Indian Navy's Largest War Game". Indian Navy. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
9. "INS Rajput to be Decommissioned on 21 May 21". PIB. 20 May 2021.
10. @ANI (21 May 2021). "INS Rajput, first destroyer of the Indian Navy, which was commissioned on 4th May 1980 will be decommissioned on 21st May during a ceremony at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam: Indian Navy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
11. "INS Ranjit Sails into Sunset Culminating 36 years of Glorious Era". PIB. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
12. "Navy vessel INS Ranvijay completes 37 years". www.deccanchronicle.com. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

External links

• Rajput class destroyer - Bharat-Rakshak.com
• Rajput class destroyer @ GlobalSecurity.org
• (in English) All Kashin-II Class Destroyers - Complete Ship List

v t e Kashin-class destroyers
Soviet Navy	Komsomolets Ukrainy Soobrazitelny Provorny Ognevoy Obraztsovy Otvazhny Odaryonny Slavny Stroyny Krasny Kavkaz Steregushchy Reshitelny Smyshlyony Strogy Smetlivy Smely Krasny Krym Sposobny Skory Sderzhanny Nadezhny Gubitelny Lovky Tvyordy Tolkovy
Russian Navy	Soobrazitelny Obraztsovy Slavny Stroyny Krasny Kavkaz Steregushchy Smyshlyony Strogy Smetlivy Krasny Krym Sposobny Skory Sderzhanny
Indian Navy Rajput class	Rajput (ex-Nadezhny) Rana (ex-Gubitelny) Ranjit (ex-Lovky) Ranvir (ex-Tvyordy) Ranvijay (ex-Tolkovy)
Polish Navy	Warszawa (ex-Smely)
Preceded by: Kanin class Followed by: Sovremenny class
List of destroyers of the Soviet Navy List of destroyers of the Russian Navy

v t e Destroyers of the Indian Navy
Commissioned ships	Visakhapatnam class Visakhapatnam Mormugao Imphal Kolkata class Kolkata Kochi Chennai Delhi class Delhi Mysore Mumbai Rajput class Rana Ranvir Ranvijay
Decommissioned ships	Rajput class Ranjit Rajput R class Rajput Ranjit Rana Hunt class Godavari Gomati Ganga
Future ships	Visakhapatnam class Surat Project 18 Next Generation Destroyers 5 to 10 vessels

v t e Ship classes of the Indian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Vikrant (1961) Viraat Vikramaditya Vikrant (2013) Vishal
Destroyers	Hunt Q and R Rajput Delhi Kolkata Visakhapatnam Project 18
Frigates	River Blackwood Whitby Leopard Nilgiri Godavari Brahmaputra Talwar Shivalik Nilgiri Project 17B
Corvettes	Bathurst Arnala Durg Veer Abhay Khukri Kora Kamorta ASW-SWC Next Generation Missile Vessels
Fast attack craft	Vidyut Chamak NGFAC
Nuclear submarines	Attack Charlie Akula-II Indian SSN Ballistic missile Arihant S5**
Conventional submarines	Kalvari Vela Sindhughosh Shishumar Kalvari Project 75I
Midget submarines	Indian Navy Swimmer Delivery Vehicle
Amphibious warfare ships	Kumbhir Magar Shardul Jalashwa Indian MRSV
Research and survey vessels	Makar Sandhayak Sagardhwani Dhruv GRSE class
Patrol craft	Ajay Seaward Sukanya Super Dvora Mk II Trinkat Bangaram Car Nicobar Saryu
Minesweeper	Bangor Ton Ham Mahé Pondicherry GSL Mine Counter-Measure Vessels
Replenishment ship	Ambika Komandarm Fedko Aditya Deepak HSL
Tugboats	Anand Anjan Arga Balram Bahadur Bhim Gaj IRS Bhishm Madan Singh
Ferries	GSL Manoram Shalimar
Barges	Poshak Puran Vipul Modest Corporated Hooghly Sahayak GSL
Torpedo recovery	Astravahini Astradharani
Dredgers	Nikaraksha
Training	Tir ABG
Decommissioned Under construction Planned List of active Indian Navy ships Submarines of the Indian Navy List of ships of the Indian Navy Future of the Indian Navy

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