INS Himgiri (F34)

History
India
Name	INS Himgiri
Namesake	Himgiri Range
Launched	6 May 1970
Commissioned	23 November 1974
Decommissioned	6 May 2005
Fate	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Nilgiri-class frigate
Displacement	2682 tons (standard); 2962 tons (full load);
Length	113 m (371 ft)
Beam	13 m (43 ft)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	2 × 550 psi boilers; 2 × 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) motors;
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	267 (incl 17 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Signaal DA05 / BEL PFN513 radar; Signaal LW08 / BEL RAWL02 surface radar; Signaal ZW06 / BEL RASHMI navigation radar; Signaal M-45 navigation radar; Westinghouse SQS-505 / Graesby 750 sonar; Type 170 active attack sonar;
Armament	2 × MK.6 Vickers 115 mm guns; 4 × AK-230 30 mm guns; 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns; 2 × triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or the Indian NST-58 torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	1 Westland Sea King or HAL Chetak

INS Himgiri (F34) was a Nilgiri-class frigate of the Indian Navy. Himgiri was commissioned into the Navy on 23 November 1974. She was decommissioned on 6 May 2005.

A new ship with this name belonging to the new Nilgiri class was launched in December 2020.^[2]

Operations[]

INS Himgiri holds the record for the number of days at sea in a single deployment for a conventional ship of the Indian Navy. In 1976, she was the first ship of the Indian Navy to shoot down a pilotless aircraft.

References[]

^ "Surface Ships -->Frigates-->Giri Class". Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ Team, BS Web (14 December 2020). "In pictures: GRSE-built stealth frigate 'INS Himgiri' launched in Kolkata". Business Standard India.

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[in-nilgiri-1] "Surface Ships -->Frigates-->Giri Class". Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[2] Team, BS Web (14 December 2020). "In pictures: GRSE-built stealth frigate 'INS Himgiri' launched in Kolkata". Business Standard India.

[3] Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Dhanush.

[4] Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Shamsher.

[5] Renamed as INS Kukri post republic.

[6] Renamed as INS Hooghly post republic.

[7] Renamed as INS Tir post republic.

[8] Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978.

[9] Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978.

[10] Later reclassified as frigates

[11] Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum.

[12] Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind.

[13] Renamed as INS Kaveri post republic.

[14] Renamed as INS Sutlej post republic.

[15] Renamed as INS Jumuna post republic.

[16] Renamed as INS Krisna post republic.

[17] Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz.

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History

India
Name	INS Himgiri
Namesake	Himgiri Range
Launched	6 May 1970
Commissioned	23 November 1974
Decommissioned	6 May 2005
Fate	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Nilgiri-class frigate
Displacement	2682 tons (standard) 2962 tons (full load)
Length	113 m (371 ft)
Beam	13 m (43 ft)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	2 × 550 psi boilers 2 × 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) motors
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	267 (incl 17 officers)^[1]
Sensors and processing systems	Signaal DA05 / BEL PFN513 radar Signaal LW08 / BEL RAWL02 surface radar Signaal ZW06 / BEL RASHMI navigation radar Signaal M-45 navigation radar Westinghouse SQS-505 / Graesby 750 sonar Type 170 active attack sonar
Armament	2 × MK.6 Vickers 115 mm guns 4 × AK-230 30 mm guns 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns 2 × triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or the Indian NST-58 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 Westland Sea King or HAL Chetak