INS Ranvijay

INS Ranvijay during Exercise Malabar 2012
History
India
NameRanvijay
Builder61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Commissioned15 Jan 1988
HomeportVisakhapatnam
IdentificationPennant number: D55
Statusin active service
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General characteristics
Class and typeRajput-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,950 tons standard
  • 4,974 tons full load[1]
Length147 m (482 ft)
Beam16 m (52 ft)
Draught5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h)
Range
  • 4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
  • 2,600 miles (4,200 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement320 (including 35 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Air/Surface: EL/M-2238 STAR[2] (replacing MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) radar at E-band)
  • Air: Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band ( replacing MP-500 Kliver (NATO: Big Net-A) radar at C-band)
  • Navigation: 2 x Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency,
  • Communication: Inmarsat,
  • Sonar: 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) sonar replaced with Bharat HUMSA during MLR, 1 x Vyega MG-325 (NATO: Mare Tail) variable depth sonar
Armament
  • Anti-surface:
  • 8 × BrahMos supersonic missiles in aft VLS (replaces SAM launcher)
  • 4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM missiles in inclined launchers
  • Air-defence:
  • 2 × Barak SAM 8 cell launchers (port and starboard)
  • 1 × S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launcher
  • Guns:
  • 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (formerly AK-726 twin 3" naval gun)
  • 2 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630M CIWS
  • Anti-submarine:
  • 1 × 533 mm (21 in) PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher,
  • 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars,
Aircraft carried1 x Ka-28 helicopter

INS Ranvijay (Victor in Battle) is a Rajput-class destroyer in active service with the Indian Navy. Ranvijay was commissioned on 15 Jan 1988.[3]

Service history

She has won the prestigious Cock Trophy in the annual Western Fleet whaler boat regatta held at the Naval Dockyard on 7 January 2006.[4]

Ranvijay participated in the multinational Malabar Naval Exercise between Australia, India, Singapore, Japan and United States in the Bay of Bengal.

In July 2014 Ranjivay, accompanied by the stealth frigate Shivalik and fleet tanker Shakti took part in the INDRA War Games, a naval and army counter-terrorism exercise with Russia. In November 2016 Ranjivay, accompanied by the corvette INS Kamorta took part in the SIMBEX War Games, a naval exercise with Singapore Navy which bought the RSN’s stealth frigate, RSS Formidable.[5]

On 23 October 2021, Ranvijay caught fire at the Visakhapatnam Naval Base, in eastern Bengal. Four of her crew were hospitalised.[6]

Awards and recognition

Ranvijay received the best ship of the Eastern Fleet Trophy for the year 2006–07 and 2011–12.

Gallery

  • Commander C.S. Patham and Captain Ajithkumar J Varma
    Commander C.S. Patham and Captain Ajithkumar J Varma
  • Ranvijay during Exercise Malabar 2007
    Ranvijay during Exercise Malabar 2007
  • Ranvijay with sailors on deck in blue uniform
    Ranvijay with sailors on deck in blue uniform

References

  1. ^ "Surface Ships -- Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  2. ^ Friedman, Norman (2006). The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems (5th ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute. p. 243. ISBN 1557502625.
  3. ^ "Vikramaditya, Delhi Class, Rajput Class, Kolkata Class | Indian Navy". www.indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. ^ "INS Ranvijay triumphs". The Hindu. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  5. ^ naval-technology.com
  6. ^ Voychenco, Mikhail. "Indian Navy destroyer fire, 4 hospitalized". Fleetmon. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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