Rajput-class destroyer
{{Short description|Class of modified Kashin class guided missile destroyers built for Indian Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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The Rajput-class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet {{sclass2|Kashin|destroyer|1}}s. They are also known as the 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|D51|6}} and eight cell VLS system replacing aft S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launcher in {{INS|Ranvir|D54|6}} and {{INS|Ranvijay|D55|6}}.[http://www.india-defence.com/reports-3571 Indian Navy: INS Rajput, 8 Other Warships To Deploy Brahmos Cruise Missiles] Ranvijay was deployed with an updated vertical launcher for the BrahMos missile.[http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20071119144228&Page=O&Headline=BrahMos+all+set+to+cruise+into+Kerala&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0 BrahMos all set to cruise into Kerala] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124094529/http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20071119144228&Page=O&Headline=BrahMos+all+set+to+cruise+into+Kerala&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0 |date=2007-11-24 }} 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 the testing phase.{{Cite web |date=2008-07-17 |title=Modified Kaveri Engine to Propel Indian Navy Ships |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=40470 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Press Information Bureau}}
During the TROPEX-21 exercise of the Indian Navy, the decommissioned Ranjit was sunk by a torpedo.{{cite AV media|title=Indian Navy's Combat-Readiness Exercise Tropex-21 Underway In Indian Ocean Region|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L9wl5hqhwg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/8L9wl5hqhwg |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|publisher=Republic TV|date=10 February 2021|access-date=13 February 2021}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/theatre-level-operational-readiness-exercise-tropex-21-indian-navy%E2%80%99s-largest-war-game|title=Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 21) Indian Navy's Largest War Game|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=13 February 2021}}
{{INS|Rajput|D51|2}} was decommissioned from the service on 21 May 2021.{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1720221|title=INS Rajput to be Decommissioned on 21 May 21|publisher=PIB|date=2021-05-20}}{{cite tweet|number=1395255535029481478|user=ANI|title=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|date=2021-05-21}}
Armaments
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|+ !{{INS|Rajput|D51|3}} !{{INS|Ranjit|D53|3}} !{{INS|Rana|D52|3}} !{{INS|Ranvir|D54|3}} !{{INS|Ranvijay|D55|3}} |
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#e3e9e9;"|{{center|Surface-to-surface/Anti-ship missiles}} |
| 8 × BrahMos (inclined launchers; replaced 4 × SS-N-2D Styx launchers)
| colspan="2" |4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM (inclined launchers) | colspan="2" | |
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#e3e9e9;"|{{center|Surface-to-air missiles}} |
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |2 × S-125M twin arm launcher (forward and aft)
|2 × 8 VL-SRSAM (replaced aft S-125 launcher) | colspan="2" |2 × 8 Barak VLS (port and starboard; replacing 2 AK-630) |
| colspan="3" |1 × S-125M twin arm launcher (forward) |
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#e3e9e9;"|{{center|Naval gun/CIWS}} |
| colspan="2" |1 × AK-726 twin 3" naval gun
| colspan="3" |1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (replaced AK-726 twin 3" naval gun) |
| colspan="3" |4 × {{convert|30|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} AK-630M CIWS
| colspan="2" |2 × {{convert|30|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} AK-630M CIWS |
| colspan="5" style="background-color:#e3e9e9;"|{{center|Anti-submarine weapons}} |
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Ships of the class
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!Pennant !Builder !Laid down !Launched !Commissioned !Decommissioned !Status |
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| {{INS|Rajput|D51|2}} (ex-Nadezhniy)
| D51 | rowspan=5|61 Kommunara | 11 September 1976 | 17 September 1977 |21 May 2021 | Decommissioned |
| {{INS|Rana|D52|2}} (ex-Gubitelyniyy)
| D52 | 29 November 1976 | 27 September 1978 | |Active |
| {{INS|Ranjit|D53|2}} (ex-Lovkiyy)
| D53 | 29 June 1977 | 16 June 1979 |publisher=PIB|access-date=6 May 2019}} |Sunk during TROPEX-21 as a live target. |
| {{INS|Ranvir|D54|2}} (ex-Tverdyy)
| D54 | 24 October 1981 | 12 March 1983 | |Active |
| {{INS|Ranvijay|D55|2}} (ex-Tolkoviyy)
| D55 | 19 March 1982 | 1 February 1986 | |Active |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/181-Rajput-Class.html Rajput class destroyer - Bharat-Rakshak.com]
- [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/d-rajput.htm Rajput class destroyer @ GlobalSecurity.org]
- {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20101130061732/http://russian-ships.info/eng/warships/project_61me.htm All Kashin-II Class Destroyers - Complete Ship List]
{{Kashin-class destroyer}}
{{Destroyers of the Indian Navy}}
{{Ship classes of the Indian Navy}}
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