The Indian Navy commissioned its newest stealth frigate in a ceremony in Visakhapatnam on Friday, April 3.
INS Taragiri is the fourth Nilgiri-class frigate built for the Indian Navy by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders of Mumbai. Design work was undertaken by the navy’s own Warship Design Bureau.
The ship's missions include anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and anti-air warfare.
The frigate's armament includes a 76mm naval gun, two 30mm close-in weapon systems, 32 Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles housed in vertical launch system (VLS) cells, eight BrahMos anti-ship missiles also housed in VLS cells, torpedoes, anti-submarine rockets, and two 12.7mm machine guns fitted on remotely controlled weapons mounts.
The Nilgiri-class frigates are notable for being among the first Indian Navy surface ships built using the integrated modular construction methodology. Through this approach, entire blocks are already pre-assembled and pre-outfitted with some of the essential onboard systems and then integrated with each other to form the hull.
