Yantar Shipyard to hand over INS Tarkash to Indian Navy on Nov. 9, 2012
Russian Yantar Shipyard (part United Shipbuilding Corporation) has slated the handover / acceptance ceremony for INS Tarkash of project 11356 to the Indian Navy for November 9, 2012, the shipbuilding firm said.
The INS Tarkash (F-46), the second in a package of three Talwar-class guided missile frigate built for India, has successfully completed her sea trials on October 19, 2012.
The frigate’s keel was laid down at the Russian shipyard on November 27, 2007, the launching ceremony was held on June 24, 2010.
Yantar Shipyard is executing a $1.6bn contract for three Talwar class frigates with India. These are modified Krivak III class frigates. The frigates feature 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 Talwar-class ships is the use of BrahMos missiles in place of the Klub-N missiles in the earlier ships.
The first frigate, the Teg, was delivered to India in April 2012, while the third, the Trikand, is still under construction.
Ship's general characteristics:
• Length - 125 m;
• Beam - 15 m;
• Displacement - 4,000 tons;
• Operating range - 5,000 nm;
• Complement - 220.
Kaliningrad-based Yantar Shipyard (JSC Baltic Shipbuilding Plant “Yantar”) was founded on July 8,1945 on the basis of a Koenigsberg unit of German’s Schichau Werft. Yantar Shipyard specializes in building and repairs of warships and civil boats. Throughout the years the Shipyard has built 154 warships and more than 500 merchant vessels. The Russian Government holds majority stake in the shipbuilding firm through Western Center of Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation.