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Indian stealth guided-missile frigate
INS Dunagiri at its launch
Name Dunagiri Namesake Dunagiri peak Operator Indian Navy Builder Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Laid down 24 January 2020 Launched 15 July 2022 Commissioned April 2026 (planned) Identification Pennant number: F36 Status Launched
Class & type Nilgiri -class guided-missile frigate Displacement 6,670 tonnes (6,560 long tons; 7,350 short tons)[ 1] Length 149 m (488 ft 10 in)[ 1] Beam 17.8 m (58 ft 5 in)[ 1] Draft 5.22 m (17 ft 2 in)[ 1] Depth 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)[ 1] Installed power Speed 28 kn (52 km/h)[ 5] Range
1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 28 kn (52 km/h)
5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 16–18 kn (30–33 km/h)[ 5]
Complement 226[ 5] Sensors & processing systems Electronic warfare & decoys Armament Aircraft carried 2 × HAL Dhruv or Sea King Mk. 42B helicopters
INS Dunagiri is the fourth ship of the Nilgiri -class stealth guided missile frigates (P-17A ) being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) for the Indian Navy .[ 13]
Naming
Named after the Himalayan peak, Dunagiri . Dunagiri' s crest had a Himalayan Osprey on it.[ 14] This ship inherits the name and legacy of the erstwhile Leander-class frigate INS Dunagiri (1977) , now decommissioned.
Construction
This is the second ship of the P-17A series of ships that are being built by GRSE. The ship was laid down on 24 January 2020 and it was launched on 15 July 2022.[ 15] [ 16] The ship is expected to be delivered by Q1 2026 and commissioned in the same year.[ 17]
See also
References
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^ "Leander-Class Frigate INS Vindhyagiri Damaged in Peacetime Accident" . Indian Military Review . March 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2013 .
^ Bureau, Defence Watch Bureau (2020-01-24). "Project 17A: GRSE starts building 2nd Advanced Stealth Frigate" . PSU Watch . Retrieved 2025-04-21 .
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Commissioned ships
Decommissioned ships
Future ships
Footnotes
^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Dhanush .
^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Shamsher .
^ Renamed INS Kukri post-republic.
^ Renamed INS Hooghly post-republic.
^ Renamed INS Tir post-republic.
^ Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978.
^ Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978.
^ Later reclassified as frigates
^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum .
^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind .
^ Renamed INS Kaveri post-republic.
^ Renamed INS Sutlej post-republic.
^ Renamed INS Jumuna post-republic.
^ Renamed INS Krisna post-republic.
^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz .