INS Tarkash
{{Short description|2010 Indian Navy frigate}}
{{use Indian English|date=May 2014}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = INS Tarkash O2 London.jpg | Ship caption = INS Tarkash (F50), passing the O2 in London in May 2017 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = India | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}} | Ship name = INS Tarkash | Ship namesake = Quiver | Ship ordered = 14 July 2007{{Cite web| url = http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Future/189-Frigate.html | title = Modified Krivak III Class}} | Ship builder = Yantar Shipyard | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 23 June 2010 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 9 November 2012 | Ship homeport = Mumbai | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship status = {{Ship in active service}} | Ship notes = | Ship badge = File:INS Tarkash.JPG }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Talwar|frigate}} | Ship displacement = *{{convert|3620|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} standard
| 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 = *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 = 300 (40 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 Tarkash (F50) ({{Lit|Quiver}}) is the second {{sclass|Talwar|frigate}} constructed for the Indian Navy. She is part of the second batch of Talwar-class frigates ordered by the Indian Navy. She was built at the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia. She was commissioned to Navy service on 9 November 2012 at Kaliningrad and joined the Western Naval Command on 27 December 2012.{{cite web|title=Indian Navy Ships|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ships|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=1 January 2013}}{{cite web|title=Talwar class frigate|url=http://indiannavy.gov.in/naval-fleet/talwar-class|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218024454/http://indiannavy.gov.in/naval-fleet/talwar-class|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 February 2013|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=1 January 2013}}
Design
{{Main|Talwar-class frigate}}
Tarkash belongs to the second flight (F45, F50, F51) of Talwar class of guided missile frigates. These are modified Krivak III-class frigates built by Russia. These ships use stealth technologies and a special hull design to ensure a reduced radar cross section. Much of the equipment on the ship is Russian-made, but a significant number of systems of Indian origin have also been incorporated. The main difference between Tarkash and the earlier flight of Talwar-class ships (F40, F43, F44) is the use of BrahMos missiles in place of the Klub-N missiles in the earlier ships.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} It is the second of the three frigates built in Russia as a follow-up order to the first batch of Talwar-class frigates.
Construction
File:‘Tarkash’ being launched at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia on June 23, 2010.jpg
Tarkash was launched on 23 June 2010 at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Her delivery was delayed from the original goal of October 2011 due to labour shortages and delays in equipment deliveries.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} She departed the Yantar shipyard on 24 May 2012 to begin her sea trials. The sea trials were successfully completed in the month of August 2012.[http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsins-tarkash-completes-sea-trials-for-indian-navy/ INS Tarkash completes sea trials for Indian Navy]
On 9 November 2012, Tarkash was handed over to the Indian Navy by Yantar Shipyard.{{cite web | title=Russian Shipyard Delivers Indian Navy Warship | url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/shipyard-delivers-russian349095.aspx | access-date=13 November 2012 | date=9 November 2012}}{{cite web | title=Stealth Frigate INS Tarkash Joins Navy | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/press-release/stealth-frigate-ins-tarkash-joins-navy | access-date=13 November 2012 | date=12 November 2012 | publisher=Indian Navy}} She joined the Western Naval Command on 27 December 2012.{{cite web | title=INS Tarkash joins Western Fleet at Mumbai | url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/press-release/ins-tarkash-joins-western-fleet-mumbai | access-date=31 December 2012 | date=31 December 2012 | publisher=Indian Navy}}
Operations
=Operation Raahat=
In March 2015, Tarkash was deployed with {{INS|Mumbai|D62|6}} and {{INS|Sumitra|P59|6}} as part of Operation Raahat to provide protection and support to Indian ships and aircraft involved in the evacuation of Indian citizens from Yemen during the military intervention.{{cite news|title=Indian ship in periphery of Yemen waters, awaits local clearance|url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/indian-ship-periphery-yemen-waters-awaits-local-clearance-2181585.html|publisher=First Post|date=31 March 2015|access-date=1 April 2015}}
=Anti Piracy Operations=
On 14 March 2024, INS Tarkash intercepted the hijacked Bangladeshi MV Abdullah and ensured the safety of the crew members onboard. Maritime Patrol Aircraft P-8I is being used in this operation. The operation was carried out 600 nm east of Somalia coast. {{Cite web |last=Ray |first=Kalyan |title=Indian Navy ship INS Tarkash intercepts hijacked Bangladeshi vessel |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/world/indian-navy-ship-ins-tarkash-intercepts-hijacked-bangladeshi-vessel-2938883 |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}} On 1st April 2025, Tarkash, supporting Combined Task Force 150 intercepted a dhow following reports from a P-8I and dismantled a Narcotics operations, destroying over 2,500 kilograms of suspected narcotic substances.https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2117629
On 4 April 2025, INS Tarkash conducted a PASSEX with the Royal New Zealand Navy’s {{HMNZS|Te Kaha|F77}} in the Gulf of Aden. The exercise concluded New Zealand led-CTF 150 Joint Focused Operation ANZAC Tiger and included cross-deck landings, boarding drills, and manoeuvres to enhance bilateral maritime interoperability and cooperation.{{cite press release |title=INS TARKASH UNDERTAKES PASSEX WITH ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY SHIP HMNZS TE KAHA |date=6 April 2025 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2119659 |access-date=8 April 2025}}
Gallery
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|File:Commissioning of INS Tarkash.jpg
|INS Tarkash during its commissioning ceremony.
|File:JS Ikazuchi with INS Tarkash (F50) and JS Kaga.jpg
|INS Tarkash (F50) with JS Ikazuchi and JS Kaga during JIMEX 2020 exercise.
|File:INS Tarkash (F50) at Helsinki, Finland (2).jpg
|INS Tarkash (F50) at Helsinki, Finland.
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References
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External links
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