INS Tabar
{{Short description|Indian Navy Talwar Class Frigate}}
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| Ship length = {{convert|124.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|15.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = {{convert|4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = COGAG configuration | Ship power = *2 × DS-71 cruise turbines (9,000 shp))
| last = Wertheim | first = Eric | author-link = Eric Wertheim | title = The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems | place = Annapolis, Maryland | publisher = Naval Institute Press | page = 294 | year = 2007 | edition = 15th | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5iDJCTRvNjEC&printsec=frontcover#PPA294,M1 | isbn = 978-1-59114-955-2 }} | Ship speed = {{convert|30|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship range = *{{convert|4850|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn|abbr=on}}
| Ship complement = 180 (18 officers) | Ship sensors = *1 × 3Ts-25E Garpun-B surface search radar
| Ship EW = *1 × TK-25E-5 EWS
| Ship armament = *Anti-air missiles:
| Ship armour = | Ship aircraft = 1 × Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = }} |
INS Tabar (F44) ({{Lit|Battle Axe}}) is the third of the {{sclass|Talwar|frigate}} of the Indian Navy. The frigate was built by Baltiyskiy Zavod in St. Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite web |title=MaritimeQuest - INS Tabar F-44 Builder's Data |url=https://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/india/pages/tabar_f44_data.htm |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=www.maritimequest.com}} The frigate was commissioned on 19 April 2004 in Kaliningrad, Russia with Captain (later Vice Admiral) Biswajit Dasgupta.{{Cite web |last=Network |first=India News |title=INS Tabar calls at St Petersburg for Russian Navy Day celebrations |url=https://www.indianewsnetwork.com/en/20240801/ins-tabar-calls-at-st-petersburg-for-russian-navy-day-celebrations |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=India News Network |language=en}} As of August 2024, the current Commanding Officer (CO) of INS Tabar is Captain MR Harish.
INS Tabar reached her home-port of Mumbai on 31 July 2004. Along with her sister ships {{INS|Talwar|F40|6}} ("sword" in Sanskrit) and {{INS|Trishul|F43|6}} ("trident" in Sanskrit), INS Tabar is assigned to Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command, head-quartered in Mumbai. INS Tabar is a well-equipped warship that has the ability to handle air/surface/sub-surface missions or defending herself operating either independently on maritime missions or supporting a larger naval task force.
In recent times, the ship has visited various ports of the Persian Gulf on a goodwill mission and the visit was highly successful. The ship also participated in the International Fleet Review at Visakhapatnam. It recently visited Port Louis to participate in the Mauritius National Day celebrations.{{Cite web|url = http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/stealth-frigate-indian-naval-ship-tabar-in-mauritius-english-news-1.920588|title = Stealth frigate Indian Naval Ship Tabar in Mauritius|last = Correspondent|first = Our Defence|website = Mathrubhumi| date=10 March 2016 |access-date = 2016-03-12}}{{Cite web|url = http://netindian.in/news/2016/03/10/00037122/indian-naval-ship-tabar-visits-mauritius|title = Indian naval ship Tabar visits Mauritius {{!}} NetIndian|website = netindian.in|access-date = 2016-03-12}}
Design and performance
INS Tabar's 28 officers and 232 sailors living conditions are similar to those on the Royal Australian Navy's {{sclass|Adelaide|frigate|1}}s. Fully loaded, INS Tabar has a displacement of 4,035 tons. The main engines of INS Tabar are the Zorya/Mashproekt M7N-1E gas turbine plant comprising two DS-71 cruise turbines (each rated up to 9,000 hp) and two DT-59 boost turbines. These power-plants move INS Tabar to {{convert|30|kn}}. Her maximum range is {{convert|4850|nmi}} at {{convert|14|kn}}, while at {{convert|30|kn}} the range lessens to {{convert|1600|nmi}}. One downside for INS Tabar and her sister ships is the amount of smoke her engines produce.
Equipment
=Armament=
File:INS Tabar firing Klub anti-ship cruise missile.jpg
The surface-to-air weapons systems include one single-rail MS-196 launcher that can launch the long range Shtil-1 (NATO: SA-17) surface-to-air missile. Eight Igla-1E (NATO: SA-16) portable air defence missiles are on board for short-range threats. INS Tabar became the third Indian warship to incorporate an eight cell KBSM 3S-14NE Vertical Launcher and was the first to upload the new Indian/Russian designed missile, the supersonic BrahMos PJ-10 ASCM (anti-sub/ship/surface cruise missile). INS Tabar{{'}}s VLS can launch the Indian designed 3M-54E Klub-N (NATO: SS-N-27) subsonic ASCM. INS Tabar has one {{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} A-190 (E) Dual Purpose Gun mount for surface and air targets. Its rate of fire is 60 rounds a minute at a range of {{convert|15|km|abbr=on}}.
Two Kashtan Air Defence Gun/Missile mounts are INS Tabar{{'}}s Close-In Weapons System (CIWS). The Kashtan CIWS has two GSh-30k {{convert|30|mm|in|abbr=on|1}} Gatling guns per mount firing 5,000 rounds a minute, along with eight 9M-311 Grison missiles (NATO: SA-N-11) with a range of {{convert|8|km|abbr=on}}. There are 64 Grison reloads (32 each mount) with a package of four missile taking less than two minutes to load. Forward of INS Tabar{{'}}s bridge and aft of the VLS is one 12-round RBU-6000 anti-submarine warfare rocket launch that can fire either Splav-90R rockets or RGB-60 depth charges. Two pairs of fixed {{convert|533|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} DTA-53 torpedo tubes are located port and starboard midships. Both can launch either SET-65E anti-sub and 53-65KE anti-ship torpedoes.
=Sensors=
Controlling this array of weapons is the Trebovaniye-M combat information and control system that can control all of INS Tabar{{'}}s weapons as well as using situation analysis to generate combat missions. The combat system can transmit data and process information from up to 250 sources. With a range of nearly {{convert|300|km|abbr=on}}, the Fregat M2EM (NATO: Top Plate) 3D radar is INS Tabar{{'}}s air/surface radar. The M2EM system features continuous scanned arrays along with providing targeting information for the Shtil-1 missile system. One 3Ts-25E Garpun-B radar unit is utilised for long-range surface search and target acquisition. INS Tabar is also equipped with two navigation radars. INS Tabar{{'}}s fire control is the Ratep JSC 5P-10E Puma fire control system. The Puma uses phased array and target tracking radar along with laser and TV devices. The Puma can operate autonomously with the ability of automatically detecting, locking on, and tracking four targets at once.
INS Tabar{{'}}s sonar is the BEL APSOH (Advanced Panoramic Sonar Hull) hull-mounted sonar. The APSOH sonar has active ranging, passive listening, and auto tracking of targets. For countermeasures INS Tabar includes {{convert|120|mm|in|abbr=on}} chaff and infra-red decoy rounds fired by four KT-216 launchers. This ship was originally equipped with the Russian TK-25E-5 electronic warfare suite and was later replaced by the BEL manufactured Varuna ESM/Electronic warfare suite with its distinctive circular housing located above the Fregat radar.
=Aircraft carried=
For her deployment INS Tabar had a Ka-31 Helix-B AEW helicopter embarked from Indian Naval Air Squadron 339 ‘Falcons’ Squadron in Mumbai. With a flight crew of two, the Ka-31 has a speed of {{convert|143|kn|km/h}} and a maximum ceiling of 6,000 metres. Its range is a maximum of {{convert|540|nmi|km}} and can remain airborne for 4.5 hours. The Ka-31's airborne early warning radar is the E-801M Oko (Eye), a {{convert|6|x|1|m|ft}} planar array located beneath the fuselage. The radar unfolds during flight and has the ability to detect up to 200 targets while simultaneously track up to 20 airborne or surface threats from a range of {{convert|115|km|abbr=on}} from an altitude of nearly {{convert|10000|ft|m|abbr=on}} Information gathered can be transmitted via an encoded data-link to a ship or shore command post.
INS Tabar has also possibility to carry one Ka-28 or one Indian-made HAL Dhruv.
Service history
=Operations near the Horn of Africa=
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Following the media attention to the {{ship|MT|Stolt Valor}} incident, and a host of other pirate attacks on Indian vessels, as well as the general lawlessness around the Horn of Africa, the Indian government deployed INS Tabar to the area to conduct anti-piracy surveillance and patrol operations. She arrived to patrol the Gulf of Aden on 2 November 2008.
On 11 November 2008, INS Tabar was called into action to fight off a pirate attack on an Indian ship, the 38,265-tonne bulk carrier owned by the Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company Jag Arnav, and a Saudi-registered vessel, MV Timaha. Both ships had crossed the Suez Canal when they were attacked by pirates who surrounded the vessel in small boats.{{cite news| url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Navy_saves_Jag_Arnav_from_Somalian_pirates/articleshow/3702258.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Navy saves Jag Arnav from Somalian pirates | date=12 November 2008}} An Indian navy spokesman said there were no casualties in the operation. "Both the ships had crossed the Suez Canal and were a short distance away from Aden when the Saudi vessel was attacked by these boats, each carrying up to five pirates each. Our frigate patrolling the area responded to a distress call by "MV Timaha" and sent an attack helicopter carrying commandos which opened fire while the pirates were making repeated attempts to board the Saudi ship. While all this was on, the Indian cargo ship was attacked within the next 30 minutes."{{cite web |author=(AFP) – Nov 11, 2008 |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g7xQvhjCSwce8l3PoE1BRngKeu-w |title=AFP: Indian warship fights off pirates in Gulf of Aden |date=2008-11-11 |access-date=2011-02-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521035837/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g7xQvhjCSwce8l3PoE1BRngKeu-w |archive-date=21 May 2011 |df=dmy-all }} As Jag Arnav was about {{convert|25|nmi|km|abbr=on}} away it gave a distress call. A Chetak helicopter, carrying a team of MARCOS (Indian Navy Marine Commandos) personnel, was sent to the location of MV Jag Arnav. After the ensuing battle, the team successfully thwarted the hijack attempt. The incident took place {{convert|60|nmi|km|abbr=on}} from the coast of Somalia.{{cite news | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Navy_foils_Indian_ship_hijack_off_Aden/articleshow/3699918.cms | title = Navy foils Indian ship's hijack attempt off Aden | work = Times of India | access-date = November 11, 2008 | first1=Rajat | last1=Pandit | date=11 November 2008}}
From 2 to 19 November, Indian naval operations in the area, led by INS Tabar, successfully escorted approximately 35 ships, including many non-Indian flagged vessels, safely during their transit through these pirate-infested waters.
On 20 November, an anonymous Indian Navy official announced that Tabar will be replaced in the Gulf of Aden by the destroyer {{INS|Mysore|D60|6}}, which at 6,700 tonnes is a larger ship with a greater holding capacity.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200811202331.htm |title=Larger Indian warship to fight pirates off Aden |publisher=hindu.com |access-date=2008-11-20 |location=Chennai, India |date=20 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527233041/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200811202331.htm |archive-date=27 May 2009 |df=dmy-all }}
==International reactions==
The head of the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting centre in Kuala Lumpur, Noel Choong, said "If all warships do this, it will be a strong deterrent. But if it's just a rare case, then it won't work. It's about time that such a forceful action is taken. It's an action that everybody is waiting for. The United Nations and international community must decide how to solve this grave problem (of piracy). They must be more forceful in their action...[action should have been taken] years back or even last year when piracy was just starting–it's clearly getting worse and out of control."{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7739171.stm |title=India praised for sinking pirates |publisher=BBC News Online| access-date=2008-11-20 | date=20 November 2008}}
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also welcomed a decision by India and other countries to cooperate with Somalia in the fight against piracy in its waters. In a report on Somalia submitted to the Security Council, Ban said "I welcome the decision of the governments of India and the Russian Federation to cooperate with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia to fight piracy and armed robbery against ships."{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Ban_Ki-moon_welcomes_Indias_decision/articleshow/3736430.cms |title=Ban Ki-moon welcomes India's decision |publisher=The Economic Times |access-date=2008-11-20 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2011|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}
==Attack and sinking of Ekawat Nava==
File:Anti piracy operations by INS Tabar, in the Gulf of Aden on November 18, 2008.jpgFile:Tabar kill markings 2.jpgJust over a week after the MV Jav Arnav incident, on 19 November 2008, the Indian Navy reported that INS Tabar had come under attack from pirates. The crew of INS Tabar requested that the pirate vessel stop to allow a search, but the pirates responded with a threat to sink Tabar if it came any closer. The pirates then opened fire on Tabar before the Indian navy responded by returning fire. After the retaliatory strike, it was reported that a large explosion occurred on the pirate vessel, rumoured to have been caused by the pirates' weapons cache. The attack continued for about three to four more hours, and resulted in the sinking of the pirate's "mother-ship". INS Tabar also forced the abandonment of another pirate vessel, while several pirates managed to escape via a speedboat under the cover of darkness.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7736885.stm |title=India 'sinks Somali pirate ship' |publisher=BBC News Online| access-date=2008-11-19 | date=19 November 2008}} Recalling the incident to media persons, an Indian naval spokesman, Commander Nirad Sinha, said that "INS Tabar encountered a pirate vessel south west of Oman with two speedboats in tow. This vessel was similar in description to the 'mother vessel' mentioned in various piracy bulletins. INS Tabar closed in on the vessel and asked her to stop for investigation. Pirates were seen roaming on the upper deck of the vessel with guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. The vessel continued threatening calls and subsequently fired upon INS Tabar."{{cite web|url=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14801616 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216151622/http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14801616 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-12-16 |title=Indian Navy frigate sinks Somali pirate ship |website=Sify |access-date=2008-11-20}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/world/africa/20pirate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss |title=Indian Navy Says It Sank Pirate Ship |work=New York Times |access-date=2008-11-20 | first1=Hari | last1=Kumar | first2=Alan | last2=Cowell | date=20 November 2008}}{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5186821.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216191111/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5186821.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 December 2008 |title=Indian Navy sinks pirate mothership during bold stand-off in Gulf of Aden |publisher=Times Online |access-date=2008-11-20 | location=London | first=Rhys | last=Blakely | date=19 November 2008}}
Reports later surfaced that the sunken "mother-ship" was originally a Thai fishing trawler {{ship|FV|Ekawat Nava 5}}, captured by the pirates which still had the Thai crew captive on board. One sailor was reportedly still alive, another confirmed dead, and 14 sailors remained missing.{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/25/thai.trawler.india.navy/index.html | work=CNN | title=Sunken 'pirate ship' was actually Thai trawler, owner says - CNN.com | access-date=5 May 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1209478 |title=Doubt raised over Tabar's Gulf action - India - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2008-11-26 |access-date=2011-02-01}}{{cite web |author=Did sunken pirate ship belong to Thailand? |url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080074077 |title=Did sunken pirate ship belong to Thailand? |publisher=NDTV.com |date=2008-11-25 |access-date=2011-02-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220140216/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080074077 |archive-date=20 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }} The surviving member of the trawler's crew was picked up by a passing ship after six days adrift on the ocean and was taken to Yemen where he informed the owner of the trawler of the events. The survivor said all the crew were tied up under the deck, except the captain and translator.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7749486.stm |title=India navy defends piracy sinking |publisher=BBC News Online| access-date=2008-11-26 | date=26 November 2008}}
=2021 Exercises=
- INS Tabar participated in multiple Combined Maritime Bilateral Exercises like Exercise Varuna with French Navy, Exercise INDRA with Russian Federation Navy and Passage Exercises (PASSEX) across the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea and Baltic Sea while making port calls at Djibouti, Egypt, Italy, France, UK, Russia, Netherlands, Morocco, and Arctic Council countries like Sweden and Norway.{{cite news|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/ins-tabar-deployed-participate-joint-exercises-friendly-navies-africa-and-europe|title=INS Tabar Deployed to Participate in Joint Exercises with Friendly Navies in Africa and Europe|website=Indian Navy|location=New Delhi|date=28 June 2021|access-date=21 July 2021}}
- INS Tabar on 27 June 2021 arrived in Egypt, in Alexandria. Captain Mahesh paid tributes at unknown soldiers memorial and participated in a two-day exercise with the Egyptian Navy Ship Toushka commenced by helo deck landing ops and underway replenishment drills.{{Cite web|title=INS Tabar arrives at Alexandria in Egypt for two days visit|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/world/others/ins-tabar-arrives-at-alexandria-in-egypt-for-two-days-visit20210629173542/|publisher=ANI|access-date=29 June 2021}}
- The INS Tabar participated in the maritime exercises with Italian frigate ITS Antonio Marceglia (F 597) on 4–5 July 2021 in the Tyrrhenian Sea. This exercise was covered by air defence, replenishment at sea, communication drills and cross deck helicopter operations during the day and night.{{cite news|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/dispatches/ins-tabar-concludes-two-day-naval-exercise-in-naples-with-the-italian-navy/article35198981.ece|title=INS Tabar concludes two-day naval exercise in Naples with the Italian Navy|website=Frontline|date=7 July 2021|access-date=21 July 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indian-naval-ship-tabar-conducts-military-exercise-with-italian-navy/amp-11625650983600.html#aoh=16268559837420&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s|title=Indian naval ship Tabar conducts military exercise with Italian Navy|website=Mint|date= 7 July 2021|access-date=21 July 2021}}
- On 15–16 July 2021, INS Tabar undertook maritime exercises with French navy's FNS Aquitaine in Bay of Biscay. Other than FNS Aquitaine, four Rafale and one NH90 helicopter also participated in the exercise. This exercise included the wide range of operations like anti-submarine, surface manoeuvres, underway replenishment, firing on target, visit board search & seizure (VBSS), Steam Past, Air Defence, Air Picture Compilation, Vertical Replenishment and crossdeck operations were exercised by the ships.{{cite news|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/ins-tabar-completes-maritime-partnership-exercise-french-navy|website=Indian Navy|title=INS Tabar Completes Maritime Partnership Exercise with French Navy|date=19 July 2021|access-date=21 July 2021|location=New Delhi}}{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/ins-tabar-completes-maritime-partnership-exercise-with-french-navy/india-france/slideshow/84609479.cms|title=INS Tabar completes maritime partnership exercise with French Navy|website=Economic Times|date=21 July 2021|access-date=21 July 2021}}
- INS Tabar participated in Russian Navy Day parade from 22 to 27 July in St. Petersburg. D B Venkatesh Varma, Indian ambassador to Russia visited the ship on 23 July and later on Vice-Admiral Sergei Yeliseyev visited the ship and was given Guard of honour by the ship's crew. The commanding officer presented the ship's crest at the end of the Vice-Admiral Sergei Yeliseyev's visit. On 24 July, the commanding officer visited to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery to pay homage. On on 25 July, the has participated in fleet review along with the 50 ship.{{cite news | url =https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/ins-tabar-participates-in-russias-navy-day-celebrations20210726223803 | title =INS Tabar participates in Russia's Navy Day celebrations | website =ANI India | date =26 July 2021 | access-date =5 August 2021 }} On the last day of her visit, she was involved in Exercise INDRA along with the two ships of Russian Navy on 28–29 July in Baltic Sea. The Exercise aims to achieve better military relations, interoperability and long-range sustenance.{{cite news | url =https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1740558 | title =INS TABAR PARTICIPATES IN EXERCISE 'INDRA NAVY – 21' | date = 30 July 2021 | website = PIB India | access-date =5 August 2021 }}{{cite news | url =https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-warship-ins-tabar-at-st-petersburg-to-participate-in-russia-navy-day-event-2493321?amp=1&akamai-rum=off | title =Indian Navy warship INS Tabar at St Petersburg to participate in Russian Navy day event | website = NDTV | date =25 July 2021 | access-date =5 August 2021 }}{{cite news | url =https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indian-naval-ship-tabar-arrives-at-st-petersburg-to-take-part-in-russia-s-navy-day-celebration/amp-11627047348396.html | title =Indian Naval ship Tabar arrives at St Petersburg to take part in Russian Navy Day celebrations | website = The Mint | date =23 July 2021 | access-date =5 August 2021 }} The ship visited Sweden on 30 July. The Indian Ambassador visited the ship on 31 July.{{cite news | url =https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1741232 |title =INS Tabar at Port Stockholm, Sweden
| date =1 August 2021 |website= PIB India|location = New Delhi |access-date =6 August 2021 }}{{cite news | url =https://newsonair.com/2021/08/01/ins-tabar-as-part-of-the-ongoing-overseas-deployment-enters-port-stockholm-on-july-30/ | title =INS Tabar, as part of the ongoing Overseas Deployment, enters Port Stockholm | date =30 July 2021 | website =AIR News | access-date =6 August 2021 }}{{cite news | url =https://thedailyguardian.com/ins-tabar-enters-port-stockholm/ | title =INS Tabar enters port Stockholm | website =The Daily Guardian | first =Ashish |last =Singh | date =5 August 2021 |access-date =6 August 2021 }}
=2024=
On 27 June 2024, INS Tabar visited the Alexandria Port, Egypt. The goodwill visit lasted till 30 June. The ships is commanded by Captain MR Harish. The ship will participate in Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with the Egyptian Navy.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-27 |title=INDIAN NAVAL SHIP TABAR REACHES ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2029177 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Press Information Bureau}}
On 8 July 2024, INS Tabar visited the Casablanca, Morocco. The goodwill visit lasted till 10 July. The ship participated in Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with the Royal Moroccan Navy.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-09 |title=INS TABAR ENTERS CASABLANCA, MOROCCO |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2031971 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Press Information Bureau}}
On 18 July 2024, INS Tabar reached Hamburg, Germany for a 3-day visit. The ship has participated in Maritime Partnership Exercise with the German Navy.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-18 |title=INDIAN NAVAL SHIP TABAR ARRIVES IN HAMBURG, GERMANY |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2034171 |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Press Information Bureau}}
On 25 July 2024, INS Tabar reached Saint Petersburg, Russia to participate in Russian Navy Day celebrations on scheduled on 28 July on the Neva River. During the Navy Day celebrations, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin greeted the Indian Navy personnel aboard the vessel.{{Cite news |date=2024-07-28 |title=Russian President Vladimir Putin greets INS Tabar on Russia's Navy Day |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/russian-president-vladimir-putin-greets-ins-tabar-on-russias-navy-day/articleshow/112084450.cms |access-date=2024-07-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} The ship was docked in English Embankment.{{Cite web |last=Dangwal |first=Ashish |date=2024-07-27 |title=Indian Navy's Stealth Frigate Arrives In St. Petersburg For Russian Navy Day Celebrations Despite Few Concerns |url=https://www.eurasiantimes.com/indian-navy-frigate-ins-taba/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=EURASIAN TIMES |language=en-US}} Upon arrival in Russia images revealed by OSINT sources show two kill marks on Shtil-1 launcher. This was analysed to be Houthi drones which were shot down by the ships. However, this information has not been announced by official sources yet.{{cite twitter |number=1817678843777540198 |user=wartrophy_414 |title=I randomly stumbled upon these pictures of Shtil launcher on INS tabar (from its visit to Russia) which looks like drone kill marks... |date=2024-07-29 |access-date=2024-07-30}}{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Ritu |date=2024-07-29 |title=Indian Navy Warship Flaunts UAV Kill Marks; OSNIT Says INS Tabar Most Likely Shot Down Houthi Drones |url=https://www.eurasiantimes.com/indian-navy-warship-spots-uav-kills-marks/ |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=EURASIAN TIMES |language=en-US}}{{cite twitter |number=1817797764899807627 |user=AdithyaKM |title=INS Tabar with what seems to be two UAV kill marks on its Sthil-1 launcher... |date=2024-07-29 |access-date=2024-07-30}} On 30 July 2024, while returning, the ship has participated in Maritime Partnership Exercise with the Russian Navy's Soobrazitelny. As per the press release, "The MPX involved communication drills, Search & Rescue tactics and Replenishment at Sea serials".{{Cite web |date=2024-08-02 |title=INDIAN NAVAL SHIP TABAR CONDUCTS MARITIME PARTNERSHIP EXERCISE (MPX) WITH RUSSIAN NAVAL SHIP SOOBRAZITELNY |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2040892 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Press Information Bureau}}
INS Tabar conducted Maritime Partnership Exercise with a German Navy Sea Lynx helicopter of 3rd Squadron Naval Air Wing 5 (MFG5) off Kiel Canal while returning from Russia.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-07 |title=INDIAN NAVAL SHIP TABAR CONDUCTS MPX WITH SEA LYNX OF GERMAN NAVY |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2042688 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Press Information Bureau}}
On 7 August, INS Tabar reached London, United Kingdom for a four-day visit. The ship was greeted by opening of the Tower Bridge. The ship was docked beside HMS Belfast.{{Cite web |title=Watch: Indian Naval Ship INS Tabar Arrives In London |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/watch-indian-naval-ship-ins-tabar-arrives-in-london-6292598 |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=NDTV.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-08 |title=WATCH: London's Iconic Tower Bridge Opens To Welcome India's INS Tabar |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/world/uk/video-london-iconic-tower-bridge-opens-to-welcome-india-ins-tabar-article-112378769 |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Times Now |language=en}} It left on Sunday, 11 August shortly before 7 pm.
On 14 August 2024, INS Tabar reached Gothenburg, Sweden for a two-day visit. The ship also participated in the Maritime Partnership Exercise with Swedish Navy Ship HMS Munter, a Tapper-class patrol boat including visual signalling and escort operations.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-14 |title=Indian Naval Ship Tabar arrives in Gothenburg, Sweden for a two-day visit |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/indian-naval-ship-tabar-arrives-in-gothenburg-sweden-for-a-two-day-visit20240815193753/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=ANI}}
On 19 August 2024, INS Tabar reached Esbjerg, Denmark for a two-day visit.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-18 |title=INDIAN NAVAL SHIP TABAR REACHES ESBJERG, DENMARK FOR A TWO DAY VISIT |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2046437 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Press Information Bureau}}
On 25 August 2024, INS Tabar reached Málaga, Spain for a two-day visit. The ship also conducted Maritime Partnership Exercise with Spanish Navy Ship Atalaya while departing. The exercise included Station Keeping, Replenishment at Sea Approaches (RASAPs), Flying Exercise (FYEX), Steam Past and PHOTOEX serials.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-27 |title=INDIAN NAVAL SHIP TABAR REACHES MALAGA, SPAIN FOR A TWO DAY VISIT |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2049200 |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Press Information Bureau}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=INDIAN NAVAL SHIP TABAR CONDUCTS MARITIME PARTNERSHIP EXERCISE WITH SPANISH NAVY SHIP ATALAYA |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2050102 |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=Press Information Bureau}}
On 29 August 2024, INS Tabar reached Toulon, France and departed on 1 September 2024. On departure, INS Tabar also participated in Exercise Varuna 2024 in Mediterranean Sea with French Navy alongside Boeing P8I of the Indian Navy.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-06 |title=INDIA - FRANCE BILATERAL NAVAL EXERCISE VARUNA |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=2052614 |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Press Information Bureau}} The exercise is scheduled from 2 to 4 September 2024.{{Cite web |last=IANS |date=2024-09-02 |title=Indian Navy's P-8I lands in France for 'Varuna', marking its first ever deployment in Europe |url=https://assamtribune.com/national/indian-navys-p-8i-lands-in-france-for-varuna-marking-its-first-ever-deployment-in-europe-1550007 |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=assamtribune.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2024-09-02 |title=Indian Navy's P8I on its first-ever deployment in Europe to take part in 'Exercise Varuna' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indian-navys-p8i-on-its-first-ever-deployment-in-europe-to-take-part-in-exercise-varuna/article68596538.ece |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-02 |title=Indian Navy's P-8I Aircraft Marks First-Ever Deployment In Europe, Lands In France For Bilateral Exercise |url=https://www.news18.com/india/indian-navys-p-8i-aircraft-marks-first-ever-deployment-in-europe-as-it-lands-in-france-for-bilateral-exercise-9035778.html |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=News18 |language=en}}
See also
- {{sclass|Talwar|frigate}} - Indian Navy frigate built by Russia.
- {{sclass|Visakhapatnam|destroyer}} - Indian Navy future destroyer
- {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate (2019)|1}} - Indian Navy future frigate
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081207234205/http://album.frontierindia.net/main.php?g2_itemId=777 Pictures of INS Tabar and the MARCOS in action in the waters off Somalia.]
- [http://a.prabhasakshi.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ArticleId=081121-123553-450010 Article recounting Tabar{{'}}s action] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115140921/http://a.prabhasakshi.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ArticleId=081121-123553-450010 |date=15 January 2016 }} written by Prabhasakshi Editor Balendu Sharma Dadhich
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