Rajput class destroyer
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 INS Ranvijay |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Rajput |
| Succeeded by: | Delhi class destroyer |
| Completed: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Guided missile destroyer |
| Displacement: | 4974 Ton |
| Length: | 147 m metres |
| Beam: | 15.8 metres |
| Draught: | 5 metres |
| Propulsion: | Four 72,000 hp gas turbine engines and two shafts |
| Speed: | 35 knots |
| Range: | 4000 miles |
| Complement: | 320 (35 Officers) |
| Armament: | 8 * Brahmos Supersonic missiles |
| Aircraft carried: | one Ka-28 helicopter |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: INS Rajput (D51) INS Rana (D52) INS Ranjit (D53) INS Ranvir (D54) INS Ranvijay (D55) |
The Rajput Class destroyers build for the Indian Navy are the modified version of Soviet Kashin class destroyers. Rajput class destroyers are the first ships in the Indian Navy to be fitted with BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile. The missiles will be fitted during the mid-life refit of the ships. 8 missiles with bow mounted launchers[1] A new development is the deployment of vertical launchers for BrahMos missile. The launcher has been fitted on INS Ranvijay.[2]
The Russian built the Rajput (Kashin II) class destroyers for India after considerable modifications to the Kashin design. The helicopter in the original was replaced with a lift from the flight deck.
The Kashin class ship was designed to fulfill a variety of roles including anti-air and antisubmarine operations to defend task forces from submarines, low-flying aircraft, and cruise missiles. Five units of a variant on the Modified Kashin class design were built in 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 ships.
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