Future Indian Navy stealth frigate hits the water

A new Project 11356 or Talwar-class stealth frigate ordered by the Indian Navy was launched during a ceremony at Goa Shipyard on Saturday, March 22.

Upon completion, the future INS Tavasya will have a length of 124.8 metres, a beam of 15.2 metres, a draught of 4.5 metres, a displacement of approximately 3,600 tonnes, and a maximum speed of 28 knots. Its missions will include anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and anti-air warfare.

Like its earlier sister INS Triput, the future Tavasya will feature a large percentage of indigenously built equipment, weapons, and sensors.

Triput and Tavasya belong to the Talwar-class batch four frigates, which are the only two ships in the class to be constructed entirely in India. The eight earlier ships, including the recently delivered INS Tushil, were built by various shipyards in Russia.

Design work on the Talwar-class frigates was originally undertaken by Russian engineering firm Severnoe Design Bureau. The Indian ships are upgraded variants of the Project 1135 or Krivak-class frigates that were introduced into service with the Soviet Navy in the 1970s.