In India, the shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders Company & Engineers Limited (Grse) Kolkata hosted a ceremony of laying the second frigate class P-17A (“Project-17A”), designed for the Indian Navy. This is stated in the statement of the press service of the shipyard..
In total, the Indian Navy must 2025 year to receive seven frigates of this project. The construction of ships is carried out at once at two shipyards – Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai and GRSE in Kolkata. The first must build four frigates, second – three. The laying of the lead ship in Kolkata took place in February 2017 of the year, and the first serial in Mumbai – in December of the same year. The transfer of the head and first production frigate of the Indian Navy is scheduled for 2022-2023 of the year.
In September last year, the lead frigate of Project 17A Nilgiri was launched. The ceremony took place at the GRSE shipyard in Kolkata. by the way, in April 2018 year on the deck of a frigate under construction, a 250-ton gantry crane Goliaph crashed, causing significant damage to the ship. According to the Indian military, this incident can significantly shift the date of delivery of the lead frigate to the fleet.
Project 17A frigates are developed on the basis of the project frigates 17 “Shivalik”, the creation of which the Indians are obliged to OJSC “Northern PKB”, involved in the design in the mid-90s. Unlike the base model, the 17A project has larger dimensions and is built using stealth technology.. The design of a promising patrol was developed by an Italian company “Fincantieri” under a contract with the Indian Ministry of Defense since the end of 2011.
According to data from public sources, frigate length – 149 m, width – 17,8 m, displacement 6673 t, crew 226 human. Power plant - two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines and two MAN 12V28 / 33D STC diesel engines (combined gas turbine + diesel scheme CODOG). maximum speed – 28 knots, range – 5500 nautical miles at speed 16-18 knots, or 1000 miles at speed 28 with.
In service with the ship: PU ZRK Barak-8 (Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile – LR-SAM), PU PKR BrahMos (1kh8), two PLRK RBU-6000 (local modification), two torpedo tubes, 76 mm AU, two MZAK AK-630M, ELTA MF-STAR radar (for SAM), sonar.
