More Talwar Class for Indian Navy

[Chinmoy]

simple google search will prove this whole project is all about Russia insisting india to buy their unfinished frigates.

Let me make it more interesting. This is what as per The Hindu...

Stealth frigates deal with Russia stumbles on costs

It starts with stumbling of the planned project of acquiring unfinished frigates.

In the commercial offer submitted later, Russia has quoted about $990 mn for the two ships to be directly imported. For those to be built in India, the commercial offer quoted about $800 mn for “supply of material to ensure construction of the two ships in India” and $51 mn for “supply of project documentation” to ensure their construction. The cost of construction of the two ships in an Indian yard — yet to be identified — was to be arrived at later.

From here on the 1 billion price tag has started emerging. But till that moment no Indian dock has been selected to carry on the buildup. Although later reports suggested that it would be GSL and they too had started upgrading themself for this at a cost of 4000 crore INR.

After this came the quote of Russian expert which indicates that the three ships which were lying with them would not be sold to India.

But whatever be the course of action in due time, we have to keep in mind the fact that GSL has not yet ventured anywhere in frigate construction. This would be first for them even if its only 2 in numbers. Now they can't hire expertise from Garden Reach or Mazgoan for this. ToT or No ToT, they would have to build up on expertise for this. Now expertise buildup doesn't come cheap. Although 1 billion makes it sound too much for the deal, but it also involves transfer of tech and most important resource and infra buildup. So all in all, it is not a lost deal.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Re posting this for better clarity ..

 

[Rahul Singh]

You can buy a FREMM and a Gowind 2500 for the price of one of those.

Question: It is not the price but why buy when we already have our own design which is better both in terms of design and price?

Ans: Geopolitical gains (if at all we are still serious about buying it after Russia's non-cooperation at BRICS GOA 2017------ we are experienced in killing any deal even at the advanced stage).

 

[bhramos]

The 2 Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates which are intended for Indian Navy

"Admiral Istomin" (plant number 01361) and "Admiral Kornilov" (plant number 01362) of the modified project 11356 at the PJSC "Baltic Shipyard" Yantar ", suspended by construction, are being constructed in Kaliningrad, pic from 14.11.2017,

the other 2 will be built in GSL Goa.....

source https://bmpd.livejournal.com/2955745.html

 

[WolfPack86]

Talwar class frigate Indian navy.

 

[WolfPack86]

Talwar class frigate Indian navy.

 

[WolfPack86]

Talwar class frigate Indian navy.

 

[WolfPack86]

Russian Yantar Shipyard To Complete India’s Project 11356 Frigate “Tushil” In 2023
The CEO of Russia's Yantar shipyard said the first Indian frigate of Project 11356, the future INS Tushil, is scheduled for completion in 2023.

TASS News Agency


Yantar Shipyard plans to complete the Tushil first frigate of project 11356 for India in 2023, shipyard CEO Ilya Samarin told TASS.

“Next year we plan to complete the Indian frigate. The warship prepares for mooring trials.”

Ilya Samarin, CEO of Yantar Shipyard

The Tushil was launched in October 2021. The Tamala second frigate of project 11356 prepares for float.

Yantar was building six frigates of the project for the Black Sea fleet, which received Admiral Grigorovich, Admiral Essen, and Admiral Makarov. The construction stopped after Ukraine refused to sully engines for the frigates. Two frigates, the Tushil (former Admiral Butakov) and the Tamala (Admiral Istomin) are currently being built for India.


Russia and India signed contracts in November 2018 for the delivery of four frigates of project 11356. Two frigates will be built by Yantar and another two by Goa Shipyard Limited.

Frigates of project 11356 fight submarines and warships in brown and blue waters and repel air attacks both independently and within formations. They are armed with A-190 100mm artillery gun, antiaircraft missiles, including Kalibr and Shtil (BrahMos in India) and torpedo armaments. The warship can carry a Ka-27 helicopter or its modifications. The displacement is 3620 tons, the length is 124.8 meters. Full speed is 30 knots and the cruising range is 4850 miles.

About Project 11356 frigates
The Indian Navy already operates six Talwar-class frigates. Also as the Project 1135.6, it is a class of guided-missile frigates designed and built by Russia. A modification of the Krivak III-class frigates, the Project 1135.6 Talwar-class is fitted with a number of « Make in India » sub-systems.


The two follow-on Project 1135.6 frigates are to integrate the BrahMos cruise missile system in place of the 3M-54E Klub-N anti-ship missile and “advanced sensors”.


The Project 1135.6 warships are capable of reaching top speeds of 30 knots, have an endurance of around 30 days. They have a length of 124.8 meters and a displacement of about 4,000 tons. They are fitted with a flight deck to carry a helicopter for anti-submarine warfare missions.


The new frigates will deeply bolster Indian Navy capabilities in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) as the service is dealing with a shortage of 10 frigates out of the 24 that it needs.

Russian Yantar Shipyard to complete India's project 11356 frigate "Tushil" in 2023 - Naval News

The CEO of Russia's Yantar shipyard said the first Indian frigate of Project 11356 is scheduled for completion in 2023.

www.navalnews.com

 

[Abhijeet Dey]

Update on INS Tushil and INS Tamala

Russia-Made Warships Set to Join India’s Navy, Despite Sanctions

Russia-Made Warships Set to Join India’s Navy, Despite Sanctions

India will take delivery of two Russian-made warships in the next few months, as the two countries work around US sanctions that created difficulties in paying for Russian weapons systems, according to senior Indian officials.

www.hindustantimes.com

One ship is likely to be handed to the Indians in September, with another being delivered early next year. The delivery of the ships are two years behind schedule due to the war in Ukraine, the officials said, asking not to be named because of the sensitivity around the issue.

The two frigates are part of a four-ship deal that the Indians signed with the Russians back in 2018. The other two ships are being built in India, in collaboration with Russia, but are also behind schedule due to war-related supply chain issues, the officials said.