| INS Himgiri (F34) | |
|---|---|
| Career |  Indian Navy |
| Name: | INS Himgiri |
| Namesake: | Himgiri Range |
| Commissioned: | 23 November 1974 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 May 2005 |
| Fate: | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Nilgiri class frigate |
| Displacement: |
2682 tons (standard) 2962 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 113 m |
| Beam: | 13 m |
| Draught: | 4.3 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 x 550 psi boilers 2 x 30,000 hp motors |
| Speed: | 28 knots |
| Range: | 4000 miles @ 12 knots |
| Complement: | 267 (incl 17 officers)[1] |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Signaal DA05 / BEL PFN513 radar Signaal LW08 / BEL RAWL02 surface radar Signaal ZW06 / BEL RASHMI navigation radar Signaal M-45 navigation radar Westinghouse SQS-505 / Graesby 750 sonar Type 170 active attack sonar |
| Armament: |
2 x MK.6 Vickers 115mm guns 4 x AK-230 30mm guns 2 x Oerlikon 20mm guns 2 x triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or the Indian NST-58 torpedoes |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Westland Sea King or HAL Chetak |
INS Himgiri (F34) was a Nilgiri class frigate of the Indian Navy.
Himgiri was commissioned into the Navy on 23 November 1974. She was decommissioned on 6 May 2005.
Operations[]
INS Himgiri holds the record for the number of days at sea in a single deployment for a conventional ship of the Indian Navy.
In 1976, she was the first ship of the Indian Navy to shoot down a pilotless aircraft.
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