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INS Ranvijay

INS Ranvijay during Exercise Malabar 2012
History
India
NameRanvijay
Builder61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Commissioned21 December 1987
HomeportVisakhapatnam
IdentificationPennant number: D55
MottoSangrame Vaibhavasya (Glorious in War)
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeRajput-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,950 tons standard
  • 4,974 tons full load[1]
Length147 m (482 ft)
Beam16 m (52 ft)
Draught5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h)
Range
  • 4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
  • 2,600 miles (4,200 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement320 (including 35 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Air/Surface: EL/M-2238 STAR[2] (replacing MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) radar at E-band)
  • Air: Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band ( replacing MP-500 Kliver (NATO: Big Net-A) radar at C-band)
  • Navigation: 2 x Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency,
  • Communication: Inmarsat,
  • Sonar: 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 x Vyega MG-325 (NATO: Mare Tail) variable depth sonar
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Ka-28 helicopter

INS Ranvijay (Victor in Battle) is a Rajput-class destroyer in active service with the Indian Navy. Ranvijay was commissioned on 21 December 1987.[3]

Service history

She has won the prestigious Cock Trophy in the annual Western Fleet whaler boat regatta held at the Naval Dockyard on 7 January 2006.[4]

Ranvijay participated in the multinational Malabar Naval Exercise between Australia, India, Singapore, Japan and United States in the Bay of Bengal in the years 2011-2015 and 2020-2021.

In July 2014, Ranvijay, accompanied by the stealth frigate Shivalik and fleet tanker Shakti, took part in the INDRA War Games, a naval and army counter-terrorism exercise with Russia.

In November 2016, Ranvijay, accompanied by the corvette INS Kamorta, took part in the SIMBEX War Games, a naval exercise with Singapore Navy which bought the RSN’s stealth frigate, RSS Formidable.[5]

On 23 October 2021, Ranvijay caught fire at the Visakhapatnam Naval Base. Four of her crew were hospitalised.[6]

Awards and recognition

Ranvijay received the best ship of the Eastern Fleet Trophy for the year 2006–07 and 2011–12.

References

  1. ^ "Surface Ships -- Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  2. ^ Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems (5th ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.
  3. ^ "Navy vessel INS Ranvijay completes 37 years". www.deccanchronicle.com. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  4. ^ "INS Ranvijay triumphs". The Hindu. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  5. ^ naval-technology.com
  6. ^ Voychenco, Mikhail. "Indian Navy destroyer fire, 4 hospitalized". Fleetmon. Retrieved 24 October 2021.


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INS_Ranvijay