Rajput Class Guided Missile Destroyer

The Rajput class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet Kashin class destroyers. They are also known as Kashin-II class. The ships were built in Russia after considerable Indian design modifications to the Kashin design. The helicopter pad in the original design was replaced with a flight elevator.

Rajput class destroyers were the first ships in the Indian Navy to deploy the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems. The systems were deployed during a mid-life refit of the ships. The missile system has 8 missiles with bow mounted launchers.

INS Ranvijay was deployed with updated vertical launchers for the BrahMos missile.

The Kashin class ship was designed to fulfill a variety of roles including anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare to defend carrier task forces from submarines, low-flying aircraft, and cruise missiles. Five units of a variant of the modified Kashin class design were built in the former USSR for export to India in the 1980s. Construction began after an interval of nearly a decade following the conclusion of building this class for the Soviet navy, and significant delays were experienced in the delivery of this batch.

INS Rajput

September 30, 1980 - INS Rajput (D51) is a guided missile destroyer and is the lead ship of the Rajput class pf destroyers of the Indian Navy. It was commissioned into the Indian Navy on September 30, 1980.INS Rajput D51 was the lead ship of the Rajput Class destroyers in the Indian Navy, Commissioned into service on 30 September 1980, in Rajput the IN gots its first guided missile destroyer.
INS Rajput currently served as a trial platform for the BrahMos supersonice cruise missile. The 4 P-20M single launchers (port and starboard) were replaced by two boxed launchers, each with 4 cells. A new variant of the [Integrated Guided Missile Development Program Prithvi-III] missile was test fired from the ship on March 2007. The ship is capable of attacking land targets, as well as anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare in a taskforce-defense or carrier-escort role. The Rajput tracked the Dhanush Ballistic missile during a successful test in 2005.

INS Rana

Jun 28,1982 - INS Rana (D52) is the second of the five Rajput class destroyers built for the Indian Navy. INS Rana was commissioned on 28 June 1982.
May ,1991 - INS Rana and Sujata held Naval excercises with two Korean Navy ships off Kochi.
Apr 15,2000 - KLANG, (Bernama) -- INS Rana and INS Khukri Visit Port Klang,Malaysia fro a three day good will visit after finishing a training program at bangkok.
Feb 23, 2001 - INS Rana takes part in international Fleet Review at Mumbai.
Dec 26, 2001 - Two Indian Navy vessels namely the destroyer "INS Rana" and the corvette "INS Khanjar" docked at Swettenham Pier port in north state of Penang Wednesday for a three-day goodwill visit.
Aug 5, 2003 - Joint Naval Excercises with Singapore Navy
Oct 28, 2003 - KLANG, (Bernama) -- The destroyer INS Rana and missile corvette from Indian Navy arrived for a three-day goodwill visit. The two vessels, INS RANA and INS KIRCH, docked at the Star Cruise Terminal in Wesport, Port Klang.
May 12, 2004 - INS Rana and INS Khukri make a visit to Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia on a good will visit.
April 3, 2007 - Indian Navy's destroyer INS Rana carryied out a rescue mission on SCI ship mv Maharashtra 270 nautical miles northeast of Ho Chi Minh City. The ship, stranded 270 nautical miles northeast of Ho Chi Minh City, was on passage from Tianjin, China, to Bander Imam Khomeini, Iran, and was without power supply following failure of her main diesel alternators. On receipt of the distress message, INS Rana, was sent to provide assistance to the vessel with a technical team of 10 naval personnel by helicopter and boat. The naval team quickly rectified the diesel alternators, restoring power supply on the merchant ship. The fuel tanks supplying diesel to the alternators were found contaminated. Supply of fresh fuel was essential to ensure uninterrupted power supply. In an unprecedented operation at sea for which the warships are not designed, INS Rana reached out to mv Maharashtra and supplied 10 tonnes of fuel to enable the merchant ship to continue with her passage.
April 12, 2007 - India's two naval ships INS Rana and INS Ranjit had arrived at the port city of Qingdao on April 12 for joint excercises with PLAN.
Jan 6, 2008 - INS Rana, a frontline destroyer of the Eastern Fleet at the time, won the coveted 'Cock Trophy' and was adjudged the 'Cock Ship of The Eastern Fleet' in the Eastern Fleet Whaler Regatta conducted at the Naval Dockyard at Vizag.
Apr 28, 2007 - INS Rana, INS Ranjit, INS Mysore, INS Kuthar and fleet tanker Jyoti participated in joint indo-russian naval excercise at Peter the Great Bay off the coast of Vladivostok in Russia to help both the countries to validate plans to weed out terror activities at sea.
July 29, 2008 - The INS Rana rescued 3,500-tonne merchant ship m.v. Nazish under harsh weather conditions and towed it to safety at Port Blair after a gruelling three-day ordeal. M.V. Nazish left Kolkata for Port Blair on July 24 and sought the Navy’s assistance when it was about 600 miles east of Visakhapatnam on July 29 when it lost its propulsion due to a technical snag in the engine and started drifting towards Myanmar due to winds and rough sea. Eastern Naval command despatched the destroyer INS Rana, which was on deployment in the Bay of Bengal, to render assistance to m.v. Nazish. In spite of unfavourable weather and rough seas the destroyer covered the distance in 27 hours but towing proved to be a difficult task for a naval team of one officer and seven sailors who embarked on the distressed ship early in the morning on July 31. Captain of the ship K.V. Raman, the 12 crew members and the owner of the ship thanked the Captain, officers and men of the INS Rana for their gallant effort in saving them and their ship.
Oct 18, 2008 - Indian Navy was represented by INS Mumbai, an indigenous Delhi class guided missile destroyer, INS Rana, a Rajput class guided missile destroyer and four guided missile frigates INS Talwar, INS Godavari, INS Brahmaputra at the Joint Indo-US Naval excercises 1200 Nautical miles off goa.

INS Ranjit

Nov 24, 1983 - INS Ranjit (D53) the third of the five Rajput class destroyers joins the Indian Navy.
Nov 25, 1983 - INS Ranjit, the Navy's then most advanced ship, was on its way to India after being acquired from the then Soviet Union. The captain of the ship alerted the Pak Atlantique that it was in Indian airspace and then fired a few warning shots. That captain was Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat and his action against the Atlantique was reportedly called "panicky over reaction'' by the then Chief of Naval Staff Admiral O S Dawson. Bhagwat Recalled : "We were some 600 miles south-west of Karachi when this Atlantique overflew INS Ranjit once. The ship was under my command. And a warship is sovereign territory of a nation in international waters. A military aircraft cannot overfly it but Pakistan Navy's Atlantique made low dangerous passes at deck level repeatedly -- obviously gathering data.''
1997 - INS Ranjit is affiliated to the Punjab Regiment.
Aug 23, 2003 - Indian navy ships made a port call at singapore.Besides INS Ranjit, a destroyer and a flagship of the Navy, the fleet consisted of INS Shakti, a tanker, and INS Khanjar, a missile corvette.Vice-Admiral Raman Puri, Flag Officer Commanding- in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command, who led the mission, held talks with the top officials of Singapore's Navy and visited training centres and logistics base.
Nov 11, 2003 - Chinese naval officers visit Indian naval destroyer INS Ranjit, in Shanghai, November 11, 2003. Three Indian warships arrived at China's financial hub for a five-day official visit and took part in a joint naval exercise by China and India, in the East China Sea on November 12. The fleet, commanded by Rear Admiral R. P. Suthan, flag officer commanding the Eastern Fleet of India, took part in their first joint naval exercise with China in the field of non-conventional security -- a search and rescue option off the coast of Shanghai. India contributed the guided missile destroyer INS Ranjit, the guided missile corvette INS Kulish and the replenishment tanker INS Jyoti to the naval drills. This was the fourth time that Indian warships called on Shanghai.
December, 2005 - INS Ranjit and ISN Kuthar did joint naval maneuvers with Mayanmar's navy in December 2005.
April 12, 2007 - India's two naval ships INS Rana and INS Ranjit had arrived at the port city of Qingdao on April 12 for joint excercises with PLAN.

INS Ranvir

Oct 28, 1986 - INS Ranvir (D54) the fourth of the five Rajput class destroyers is commissioned into the Indian Navy.
1994 - INS Ranvir gets affiliated to the J&K Rifles.
Mar 2, 1998 - INS Ranvir won the Western Fleet Cock at the Western Fleet 40th Pulling Regatta.
Feb 29, 2000 - INS Ranvir, D54goes to dry dock, to be given an eight-cell vertical launch (VL) unit in the rear deck for Brahmos CM.
Mar 26, 2000 - guided missile frigate INS Gomati, destroyer INS Ranvir, and the INS Shakti supply ship arrived from Safaga, Egypt and docked at Eliat,Israel.
Apr 2000 - INS Ranvir, best ship According to a navy release in April 2000, the INS Ranvir, a front line destroyer of the Indian Navy was awarded the trophy of the Best Ship of the Western fleet for 1999-2000.
Nov 8, 2001 - Seven Indian and French naval warships including INS Gomti, INS Godavari and destroyer INS Ranvir, commence a two-day intensive naval wargame in the Arabian Sea off the western Indian metropolis Mumbai [Bombay] coast.
Jan 29, 2004 - US Pacific fleet commander visits INS Ranvir.
Dec 28, 2007 - INS Ranvir becomes the first warship to deploy the vertically launched version of the PJ-10 Brahmos supersonic cruise missile
Jan 20, 2009 - Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile Successfully tested off INS Ranvir from a universal vertical launcher.
Apr 23, 2009 - INS Ranvir takes part in the International fleet review held off the port of qingdao, China.
Apr 9, 2009 - The Ins Ranvir and Ins Mumbai docked at northern Hai Phong port on April 9, to mark the beginning of a friendly visit to Vietnam.

INS Ranvijay

Jan 15, 1988 - INS Ranvijay (D55) commissioned on 15 January 1988 into the Indian Navy.
1997 - INS Ranvijay is affiliated to the Dogra Regiment.
May 2,2000 - INS Ranvijay is the guide ship for joint Indo-French Naval excercises.
May 14, 2002 - INS Ranvijay takes part in joint Indo-French Naval excercises with Aircraft carrier Charles D' Gaulle and guided missile destroyer Cussard.
Oct 22, 2004 - TOKYO, Oct 22 (ONASA - AFP) - INS Ranvijay arrived at Japan for a good will visit.
Dec 28, 2004 - INS Ranvijay takes part in Operation 'madad'(help) for aiding tsunami affected regions.
Mar 3, 2006 - INS Ranvijay, Kulish and Karmuk take part in joint excercises with the Singapore Navy.
Jan 7, 2007 - INS Ranvijay, a frontline destroyer of the Eastern Fleet, won the coveted `Cock trophy' and was adjudged the `Cock of the Eastern Fleet'.
Jul 31, 2007 - Ranvijay along with INS Viraat, INS Ranjit, indigenous Brahmaputra class frigates and guided missile corvette INS Kurmak and Kuthar and tanker Aditya, takes part in joint wargames with a multi national navy including Us and Austrailian Navies.
Jan 6, 2008 - INS Ranvijay, the runner-up, was adjudged the 'Hen of the Eastern Fleet'in the fleet Regata. INS Ranvijay Flight got the 'Best Shipborne Flight' trophy.
Mar 20, 2009 - The Navy ships including INS Ranvijay carry out a passage exercise with the Chinese navy vessels in the South China sea during the visit.

Ships of the class

Name	Pennant	Builder	Commissioned	Status	Crest
INS Rajput	(D51)	61 Kommunara Ship-building Plant	30th September 1980	Active
INS Rana	(D52)	61 Kommunara Ship-building Plant	28th June 1982	Active
INS Ranjit	(D53)	61 Kommunara Ship-building Plant	28th November 1983	Active
INS Ranvir	(D54)	61 Kommunara Ship-building Plant	28th October 1986	Active
INS Ranvijay	(D55)	61 Kommunara Ship-building Plant	15th January 1988	Active

Specifications

General characteristics
Builders:	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Operators:	Indian Navy
Succeeded by:	Delhi class destroyer
Planned:	5
Completed:	5
Active:	5
Type:	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:	3,950 tons standard,4,974 tons full load
Length:	147 metres (480 ft)
Beam:	15.8 metres (52 ft)
Draught:	5 metres (16 ft)
Propulsion:	4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range:	4,000 miles (6,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) 2,600 miles (4,200 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement:	320 (including 35 officers)
Sensors and processing systems:	Navigation; 2 x Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency,Air; 1 x MP-500 Kliver (NATO: Big Net-A) radar at C-band or 1 x Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band (installed on INS Ranjit), Air/Surface; 1 x MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) radar at E-band,Communication; Inmarsat,Sonar; 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) sonar, 1 x Vyega MG-325 (NATO: Mare Tail) variable depth sonar
Armament:	8 x Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles, 1 x 76 mm main deck gun, 4 x 30 mm AK-230 gatling guns or 4 x 30 mm AK-630M CIWS gatling guns (replaced by Barak SAM in some vessels), 2 x S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM twin launchers, 1 x 533 mm PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher, 2 x RBU-6000 anti-submarine warfare Rockets, 1 x Dhanush(Prithvi Marine) ballistic missile (added only to INS Rajput)
Helicopter Compliment	Either 1 x Ka-28 or HAL Chetak helo

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