INS Trikand entering Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 2013
History
India
Name	INS Trikand
Namesake	'Mythological arrow consisting of three arrowheads'
Ordered	14 July 2007 [1]
Builder	Yantar Shipyard
Laid down	11 June 2008
Launched	25 May 2011
Commissioned	29 June 2013
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Talwar-class frigate
Displacement	3,620 long tons (3,678 t) standard 4,035 long tons (4,100 t) full load
Length	124.8 m (409 ft 5 in)
Beam	15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × DS-71 cruise turbines (9,000 shp))[2] 2 × DT-59 boost turbines (19,500 shp)[2]
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	180 (18 officers)
Armament	Anti-air missiles: 24 × Shtil-1 medium range missiles 8 × Igla-1E (SA-16) Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles: 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship cruise missiles Guns: 1 × 100 mm A-190E, naval gun 2 × AK-630 CIWS Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × 2 533 mm torpedo tubes 1 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launcher
Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter

INS Trikand (F51) is a Talwar-class frigate of the Indian Navy.^[3] She is the third and final ship of the second batch of Talwar-class frigates ordered by the Indian Navy. She was built by the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia. She was commissioned to Indian Navy service on 29 June 2013.

Trikand belongs to the Talwar class of guided missile frigates. These are modified Krivak III-class frigates built by Russia. These ships use stealth technologies and a special hull design to ensure a reduced radar cross section.^[4][5] Much of the equipment on the ship is Russian-made, but a significant number of systems of Indian origin have also been incorporated. The main difference between the second batch and the first three Talwar-class ships is the use of BrahMos missiles in place of the Klub-N missiles in the earlier ships. She is the last of the three frigates built in Russia as a follow-up order to the first batch of Talwar-class frigates.^{[citation needed]}

Trikand was laid down on 11 June 2008.^[6] She was launched on 27 May 2011 by Ira Malhotra, the wife of the Indian Ambassador to Russia, Ajai Malhotra.^[7] Delivery was delayed from the original goal of April 2012 due to labour shortages and supply chain issues.^{[citation needed]}

She was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 29 June 2013 by Vice Admiral R K Dhowan, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, in a ceremony held at Kaliningrad. Captain Ajay Kochhar was the commissioning commanding officer of INS Trikand. She joined join the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy.^[6]In 2016 the ship won award of Unit Citation 2016 and after that in march 2017 the Ship won Best Ship 2016-17 award under the command of Captain Arjun dev nair

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  INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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  INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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  INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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  INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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  INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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  INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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  INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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  INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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  INS Trikand (F51) Portsmouth, UK, 2013
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  INS Trikand (F51) 100mm gun
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  INS Trikand (F51) SAM launcher
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  INS Trikand (F51) VLS & ASW rocket launcher
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  INS Trikand (F51) VLS & ASW rocket launcher
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  INS Trikand (F51) Flight deck & CIWS

• Operation Sankalp

• Talwar (Krivak III) Class - Bharat Rakshak

v t e Frigates of the Indian Navy
Commissioned ships	Shivalik class Shivalik Satpura Sahyadri Talwar class Talwar (F40) Trishul (F43) Tabar Teg Tarkash Trikand Brahmaputra class Brahmaputra (1994) Betwa (F39) Beas (F37)
Decommissioned ships	Frigates River class HMIS Neza HMIS Dhanush[a] HMIS Shamsher[b] HMIS Kukri[c] HMIS Hooghly[d] HMIS Tir[e] Blackwood class Khukri Kirpan[f] Kuthar[g] Whitby class Talwar (F140) Trishul (F143) Leopard class Brahmaputra (1957) Beas (1958) Betwa (1959) Nilgiri class Nilgiri Himgiri Udaygiri Dunagiri Vindhyagiri Taragiri Leander class Krishna Godavari class Godavari Ganga Gomati Sloops[h] Anchusa class HMIS Elphinstone P class HMIS Baluchi HMIS Pathan Grimsby class HMIS Indus Aubrietia class HMIS Cornwallis Black Swan class HMIS Narbada[i] HMIS Godavari[j] HMIS Cauvery[k] HMIS Sutlej[l] HMIS Jumna[m] HMIS Kistna[n] Hastings class HMIS Hindustan[o] Other sloops HMIS Clive HMIS Lawrence
Future ships	Project 17A class INS Nilgiri INS Udaygiri INS Taragiri INS Himgiri INS Dunagiri INS Vindhyagiri INS Mahendragiri
Footnotes ^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Dhanush. ^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Shamsher. ^ Renamed as INS Kukri post republic. ^ Renamed as INS Hooghly post republic. ^ Renamed as INS Tir post republic. ^ Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978. ^ Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978. ^ Later reclassified as frigates ^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum. ^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind. ^ Renamed as INS Kaveri post republic. ^ Renamed as INS Sutlej post republic. ^ Renamed as INS Jumuna post republic. ^ Renamed as INS Krisna post republic. ^ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz.

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