INS Trikand

	INS Trikand entering Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 2013
History
India
Name	INS Trikand
Namesake	'Mythological arrow consisting of three arrowheads'
Ordered	14 July 2007
Builder	Yantar Shipyard
Laid down	11 June 2008
Launched	25 May 2011
Commissioned	29 June 2013
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Talwar-class frigate
Displacement	3,620 long tons (3,678 t) standard; 4,035 long tons (4,100 t) full load;
Length	124.8 m (409 ft 5 in)
Beam	15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × DS-71 cruise turbines (9,000 shp)); 2 × DT-59 boost turbines (19,500 shp);
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph); 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph);
Complement	180 (18 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × 3Ts-25E Garpun-B surface search radar; 1 × MR-212/201-1 navigation radar; 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-2 6000A radar; 1 × Ladoga-ME-11356 intertial navigation and stabilisation; 1 × Fregat M2EM 3D circular scan radar; 1 × Ratep JSC 5P-10E Puma fire-control system; 1 × 3R14N-11356 fire-control system FCS; 4 × MR-90 Orekh; BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	1 × TK-25E-5 EWS; 1 × PK-10 ship-borne decoy launching systems; 4 × KT-216 decoy launchers;
Armament	Anti-air missiles:; 24 × Shtil-1 medium range missiles; 8 × Igla-1E (SA-16); Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:; 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship cruise missiles; Guns:; 1 × 100 mm A-190E, naval gun; 2 × AK-630 CIWS; Anti-submarine warfare:; 2 × 2 533 mm torpedo tubes; 1 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launcher;
Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter

INS Trikand (F51) is a Talwar-class frigate of the Indian Navy.^[4] She is the third and final ship of the second batch of Talwar-class frigates ordered by the Indian Navy. She was built by the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia. She was commissioned to Indian Navy service on 29 June 2013.

Design

Trikand belongs to the 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.^[5]^[6] 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 the second batch and the first three Talwar-class ships is the use of BrahMos missiles in place of the Klub-N missiles in the earlier ships. She is the last of the three frigates built in Russia as a follow-up order to the first batch of Talwar-class frigates.^{[citation needed]}

Construction

Trikand was laid down on 11 June 2008.^[7] She was launched on 27 May 2011 by Ira Malhotra, the wife of the Indian Ambassador to Russia, Ajai Malhotra.^[8] Delivery was delayed from the original goal of April 2012 due to labour shortages and supply chain issues.^{[citation needed]}

She was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 29 June 2013 by Vice Admiral R K Dhowan, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, in a ceremony held at Kaliningrad. Captain Ajay Kochhar was the commissioning commanding officer of INS Trikand. She joined join the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy.^[7]In 2016 the ship won award of Unit Citation 2016 and after that in march 2017 the Ship won Best Ship 2016-17 award under the command of Captain Arjun dev nair

Service history

Deployment	Date	Port visited	Commander	Notes and References
2013
Commissioned	29 June 2013	England	Captain Ajay Kochhar^[9]
2016
East Africa and the Southern Indian Ocean with naval destroyer INS Kolkata and fleet tanker INS Aditya	31 August-3 September	Antsirananna, Madagascar	Captain Arjun Dev Nair^[10]	Relief material for people affected by bush fires.^[11]^[12]
	6–9 September	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania		^[13]^[14]
	17–20 September	Maputo, Mozambique		^[15]
	20–23 September	Durban, South Africa		^[16]^[17]
2022
Arabian Sea with INS Sumitra and Dornier 228 MPA.	19–24 November			13th edition of Indo-Oman maritime exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ (Sea Breeze) with RNOS Al-Seeb and Al-Shinas.^[18]
2024
Arabian Sea with Dornier 228 MPA.	13–18 October	Goa, India		13th edition of Indo-Oman maritime exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ (Sea Breeze) with RNOS Al-Seeb.^[19]