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Rajput-class destroyer

The Rajput-class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet Kashin-class destroyers. 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.

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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.1 Ranvijay was deployed with an updated vertical launcher for the BrahMos missile.2 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.3

During the TROPEX-21 exercise of the Indian Navy, the decommissioned Ranjit was sunk by a torpedo.45

Rajput was decommissioned from the service on 21 May 2021.67

Armaments

Rajput (D51)Ranjit (D53)Rana (D52)Ranvir (D54)Ranvijay (D55)
Surface-to-surface/Anti-ship missiles
8 × BrahMos (inclined launchers; replaced 4 × SS-N-2D Styx launchers)4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM (inclined launchers)
  • 8 × BrahMos aft VLS (replaced aft S-125 launcher)
  • 4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM (inclined launchers)
Surface-to-air missiles
2 × S-125M twin arm launcher (forward and aft)2 × 8 VL-SRSAM (replaced aft S-125 launcher)2 × 8 Barak VLS (port and starboard; replacing 2 AK-630)
1 × S-125M twin arm launcher (forward)
Naval gun/CIWS
1 × AK-726 twin 3" naval gun1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun

(replaced AK-726 twin 3" naval gun)

4 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630M CIWS2 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630M CIWS
Anti-submarine weapons
  • 1 × 533 mm (21 in) PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launcher

Ships of the class

NamePennantBuilderHomeportLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStatus
Rajput (ex-Nadezhniy)D5161 KommunaraVisakhapatnam11 September 197617 September 19774 May 1980821 May 2021Decommissioned
Rana (ex-Gubitelyniyy)D5229 November 197627 September 197819 February 19829Active
Ranjit (ex-Lovkiyy)D5329 June 197716 June 197924 November 1983106 May 201911Sunk during TROPEX-21 as a live target.
Ranvir (ex-Tverdyy)D5424 October 198112 March 198321 April 198612Active
Ranvijay (ex-Tolkoviyy)D5519 March 19821 February 198621 December 198713Active

See also

References

  1. Indian Navy: INS Rajput, 8 Other Warships To Deploy Brahmos Cruise Missiles http://www.india-defence.com/reports-3571 ↩

  2. BrahMos all set to cruise into Kerala Archived 2007-11-24 at the Wayback Machine http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20071119144228&Page=O&Headline=BrahMos+all+set+to+cruise+into+Kerala&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0 ↩

  3. "Modified Kaveri Engine to Propel Indian Navy Ships". Press Information Bureau. 17 July 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2024. https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=40470 ↩

  4. 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L9wl5hqhwg ↩

  5. "Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 21) Indian Navy's Largest War Game". Indian Navy. Retrieved 13 February 2021. https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/theatre-level-operational-readiness-exercise-tropex-21-indian-navy%E2%80%99s-largest-war-game ↩

  6. "INS Rajput to be Decommissioned on 21 May 21". PIB. 20 May 2021. https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1720221 ↩

  7. @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. https://x.com/ANI/status/1395255535029481478 ↩

  8. Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 314. ISBN 978-0710626929. 978-0710626929 ↩

  9. Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 314. ISBN 978-0710626929. 978-0710626929 ↩

  10. Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 314. ISBN 978-0710626929. 978-0710626929 ↩

  11. "INS Ranjit Sails into Sunset Culminating 36 years of Glorious Era". PIB. Retrieved 6 May 2019. http://pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1571660&RegID=3&LID=1 ↩

  12. Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2005). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006 (108th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 314. ISBN 978-0710626929. 978-0710626929 ↩

  13. "Navy vessel INS Ranvijay completes 37 years". www.deccanchronicle.com. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024. https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/andhra-pradesh/navy-vessel-ins-ranvijay-completes-37-years-1848682 ↩