INS Tabar
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INS Tabar (F44) with Buyan corvette Zelenyy Dol (562) during INDRANAVY 2021 exercise.
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Name | INS Tabar |
Namesake | "Battle axe" |
Ordered | 17 November 1997 |
Laid down | 26 May 2000 |
Launched | 25 May 2001 |
Commissioned | 19 April 2004 |
Motto | "Guts and Glory" |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Talwar-class frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | 124.8 m (409 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | COGAG configuration |
Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
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Complement | 180 (18 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter |
INS Tabar (F44) (translates as "battle axe") is the third of the Talwar-class frigate of the Indian Navy. The frigate was commissioned on 19 April 2004 in Kaliningrad, Russia with Captain (later Vice Admiral) Biswajit Dasgupta. The current Commanding Officer (CO) of INS Tabar is Captain Mahesh Mangipudi .
INS Tabar reached her home-port of Mumbai on 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 Navy’s Western Naval Command, head-quartered 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.
In recent times, the ship has visited various ports of the Persian Gulf on a goodwill mission and the visit was highly successful. The ship also participated in the International Fleet Review at Visakhapatnam. It recently visited Port Louis to participate in the Mauritius National Day celebrations.[2][3]
Design and performance
INS Tabar's 28 officers and 232 sailors living conditions are similar to those on the Royal Australian Navy's Adelaide-class frigates. Fully loaded, INS Tabar has a displacement of 4,035 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 9,000 hp) and two DT-59 boost turbines. These power-plants move INS Tabar to 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). Her maximum range is 4,850 nautical miles (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph), while at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) the range lessens to 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi). One downside for INS Tabar and her sister ships is the amount of smoke her engines produce.
Armament
The
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Sensors
Controlling this array of weapons is the Trebovaniye-M combat information and control system that can control all of INS Tabar's weapons as well as using situation analysis to generate combat missions. The combat system can transmit data and process information from up to 250 sources. With a range of nearly 300 km (190 mi), the Fregat M2EM (NATO: Top Plate) 3D radar is INS Tabar's air/surface radar. The M2EM system features continuous scanned arrays along with providing targeting information for the Shtil-1 missile system. One 3Ts-25E Garpun-B radar unit is utilised for long-range surface search and target acquisition. INS Tabar is also equipped with two navigation radars. INS Tabar's fire control is the Ratep JSC 5P-10E Puma fire control system. The Puma uses phased array and target tracking radar along with laser and TV devices. The Puma can operate autonomously with the ability of automatically detecting, locking on, and tracking four targets at once.
INS Tabar's sonar is the BEL APSOH (Advanced Panoramic Sonar Hull) hull-mounted sonar. The APSOH sonar has active ranging, passive listening, and auto tracking of targets. For countermeasures INS Tabar includes 120 mm (4.7 in) chaff and infra-red decoy rounds fired by four KT-216 launchers. This ship was originally equipped with the Russian TK-25E-5 electronic warfare suite and was later replaced by the BEL manufactured Varuna ESM/Electronic warfare suite with its distinctive circular housing located above the Fregat radar.
Air operations
For her deployment INS Tabar had a
Operations near the Horn of Africa
Following the media attention to the MT Stolt Valor incident, and a host of other pirate attacks on Indian vessels, as well as the general lawlessness around the Horn of Africa, the Indian government deployed INS Tabar to the area to conduct anti-piracy surveillance and patrol operations. She arrived to patrol the Gulf of Aden on 2 November 2008.
On 11 November 2008, INS Tabar was called into action to fight off a pirate attack on an Indian ship, the 38,265-tonne
On 20 November, an anonymous Indian Navy official announced that Tabar will be replaced in the Gulf of Aden by the destroyer INS Mysore, which at 6,700 tonnes is a larger ship with a greater holding capacity.[8]
International reactions
The head of the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting centre in Kuala Lumpur, Noel Choong, said "If all warships do this, it will be a strong deterrent. But if it's just a rare case, then it won't work. It's about time that such a forceful action is taken. It's an action that everybody is waiting for. The United Nations and international community must decide how to solve this grave problem (of piracy). They must be more forceful in their action...[action should have been taken] years back or even last year when piracy was just starting–it's clearly getting worse and out of control."[9]
The
Reports later surfaced that the sunken "mother-ship" was originally a Thai fishing trawler FV Ekawat Nava 5, captured by the pirates which still had the Thai crew captive on board. One sailor was reportedly still alive, another confirmed dead, and 14 sailors remained missing.[14][15][16] The surviving member of the trawler's crew was picked up by a passing ship after six days adrift on the ocean and was taken to Yemen where he informed the owner of the trawler of the events. The survivor said all the crew were tied up under the deck, except the captain and translator.[17]
June to September 2021 Exercise
Combined Maritime Bilateral Exercises like
INS Tabar on 27 June 2021 arrived in Egypt, in Alexandria. Captain Mahesh paid tributes at unknown soldiers memorial and participated in a two day exercise with the Egyptian Navy Ship Toushka commenced by helo deck landing ops and underway replenishment drills.[19]
The INS Tabar participated in the maritime exercises with Italian frigate ITS Antonio Marceglia (F 597) on 4-5 July 2021 in the Tyrrhenian Sea. This exercise was covered by air defence, replenishment at sea, communication drills and cross deck helicopter operations during the day and night.[20][21]
On 15-16 July 2021, INS Tabar undertook maritime exercises with
This exercise includes the wide range of operations like anti - submarine, surface manoeuvers, underway replenishment, firing on target, visit board search & seizure (VBSS), Steam Past, Air Defence, Air Picture Compilation, Vertical Replenishment and crossdeck operations were exercised by the ships.[22][23]
INS Tabar participated in Russian Navy Day parade from 22-27 July in St Petersburg. D B Venkatesh Varma, Indian ambassador to Russia visited the ship on 23 July and later on Vice-Admiral Sergei Yeliseyev visited the ship and was given Guard of honour by the ship's crew. The commanding officer presented the ship's crest at the end of the Vice-Admiral Sergei Yeliseyev's visit.
On 24 July, the commanding officer visited to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery to pay homage. On on 25 July, the has participated in fleet review along with the 50 ship.[24]
On the last day of her visit, she was involved in Exercise Indra along with the two ships of Russian Navy on 28-29 July in Baltic Sea. The Exercise aims to achieve better military relations, interoperability and long-range sustenance. [25][26][27]
The ship visited Sweden on 30 July. The Indian Ambassador visited the ship on 31 July.[28][29][30]
See also
- Talwar-class frigate - Indian Navy frigate built by Russia.
- Visakhapatnam-class destroyer - Indian Navy future destroyer
- Nilgiri-class frigate (2019) - Indian Navy future frigate
References
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- ^ "Indian naval ship Tabar visits Mauritius | NetIndian". netindian.in. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Navy saves Jag Arnav from Somalian pirates". The Times Of India. 12 November 2008.
- ^ (AFP) – Nov 11, 2008 (11 November 2008). "AFP: Indian warship fights off pirates in Gulf of Aden". Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
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- ^ a b "Indian Navy frigate sinks Somali pirate ship". Sify. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ "Larger Indian warship to fight pirates off Aden". Chennai, India: hindu.com. 20 November 2008. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ "India praised for sinking pirates". BBC News Online. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ "Ban Ki-moon welcomes India's decision". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 November 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "India 'sinks Somali pirate ship'". BBC News Online. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ Kumar, Hari; Cowell, Alan (20 November 2008). "Indian Navy Says It Sank Pirate Ship". New York Times. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ Blakely, Rhys (19 November 2008). "Indian Navy sinks pirate mothership during bold stand-off in Gulf of Aden". London: Times Online. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
- ^ "Sunken 'pirate ship' was actually Thai trawler, owner says - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Doubt raised over Tabar's Gulf action - India - DNA". Dnaindia.com. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ Did sunken pirate ship belong to Thailand? (25 November 2008). "Did sunken pirate ship belong to Thailand?". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "India navy defends piracy sinking". BBC News Online. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
- ^ "INS Tabar Deployed to Participate in Joint Exercises with Friendly Navies in Africa and Europe". Indian Navy. New Delhi. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "INS Tabar arrives at Alexandria in Egypt for two days visit". ANI. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "INS Tabar concludes two-day naval exercise in Naples with the Italian Navy". Frontline. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Indian naval ship Tabar conducts military exercise with Italian Navy". Mint. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "INS Tabar Completes Maritime Partnership Exercise with French Navy". Indian Navy. New Delhi. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "INS Tabar completes maritime partnership exercise with French Navy". Economic Times. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "INS Tabar participates in Russia's Navy Day celebrations". ANI India. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "INS TABAR PARTICIPATES IN EXERCISE 'INDRA NAVY – 21'". PIB India. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Indian Navy warship INS Tabar at St Petersburg to participate in Russian Navy day event". NDTV. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Indian Naval ship Tabar arrives at St Petersburg to take part in Russian Navy Day celebrations". The Mint. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "INS Tabar at Port Stockholm, Sweden". PIB India. New Delhi. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "INS Tabar, as part of the ongoing Overseas Deployment, enters Port Stockholm". AIR News. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Singh, Ashish (5 August 2021). "INS Tabar enters port Stockholm". The Daily Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
External links
- Pictures of INS Tabar and the MARCOS in action in the waters off Somalia.
- Article recounting Tabar's action Archived 15 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine written by Prabhasakshi Editor Balendu Sharma Dadhich