19.12.2022, 14:38
Zitat:Indian Navy Commissions Second Project 15B Destroyerhttps://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...destroyer/
The Indian Navy commissioned its second Project 15B / Visakhapatnam-class destroyer, INS Mormugao (D67), on December 18, 2022. [...] It marked the formal induction of the second of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers, indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organisation Warship Design Bureau and constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai. [...]
The contract for four ships of Project 15B was signed on 28 January 2011. This Project is a follow-on of the Kolkata class (Project 15A) destroyers commissioned in the last decade and the lead ship of the Project – INS Visakhapatnam was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 21 November 2021.
Designed by the Warship Design Bureau, the Indian Navy’s in-house organization; and built by M/s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd, Mumbai; the four ships of the Project are christened after major cities from all four corners of the country, viz. Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal and Surat. The Project 15B ships are 163 meters long and 17 meters wide, displace 7400 tonnes when fully loaded, and have a maximum speed of 30 knots.
Schneemann