Frigates of the Indian Navy - Ins Tabar (Paperback)

Chapters: Ins Tabar. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 50. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: INS Tabar (F44) (translated as Battle axe) is the third of the Talwar-class frigates of the Indian Navy. The frigate was commissioned on 19 April 2004 in Kaliningrad, Russia. INS Tabar is the first vessel in the Talwar class to be armed with supersonic BrahMos (PJ-10) anti-ship cruise missiles. She is also equipped with Barak missiles..The commissioning CO of Tabar was Capt.Ag Thapliyal After a 12 port commissioning cruise INS Tabar reached her homeport of Mumbai 31 July 2004. Along with her sister ships INS Talwar (sword in Sanskrit) and INS Trishul (trident in Sanskrit), INS Tabar is assigned to Indian Navys Western Naval Command, headquartered in Mumbai. INS Tabar is a well-equipped warship that has the ability to handle air/surface/sub-surface missions or defending herself operating either independently on maritime missions or supporting a larger naval task force. INS Tabar's 28 officers and 232 sailors living conditions are similar to those on the RANs Adelaide class frigate. Fully loaded, INS Tabar has a displacement of 4035 tons. The main engines of INS Tabar are the Zorya/Mashproekt M7N-1E gas turbine plant comprising two DS-71 cruise turbines (each rated up to 9000 hp) and two DT-59 boost turbines. These powerplants move INS Tabar to 30 knots (56 km/h). Her maximum range is 4,850 nautical miles (8,980 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h), while at 30 knots (56 km/h) the range lessens to 1,600 miles (2,600 km). One downside for INS Tabar and her sister ships is the amount of smoke her engines produce. The surface to air weapons systems include one single-rail MS-196 launcher that can launch the long range Shtil-1 (NATO: SA-17) surface to air missile. Eight Igla-1E (NATO: SA-16) portable air def...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=476731