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{{Other ships|INS Nilgiri}}
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|Ship caption= ''Nilgiri'' on a 1968 stamp of India
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|Ship country= India
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|Ship name= INS ''Nilgiri''
|Ship namesake= [[Nilgiri Hills]]
|Ship ordered= 1964
|Ship builder= Mazagon Docks Ltd, [[Mumbai]]
|Ship laid down= October 1966
|Ship launched= October 1968
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|Ship commissioned= 3 June 1972
|Ship decommissioned= 1996
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|Ship fate= Sunk in a Sea Eagle AShM test from a carrier-launched Sea Harrier in 1997
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|||1972}}
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|Ship displacement=*2682 tons (standard)
*2962 tons (full load)
|Ship length= {{convert|113|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|13|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|4.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*2 × 550 psi boilers
*2 × {{convert|30,000|hp|abbr=on}} motors
|Ship speed= {{convert|28|kn}}
|Ship range= {{convert|4000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement= 267 (incl 17 officers)<ref name=in-nilgiri>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/frigates_giri.htm |title=GIRI CLASS (Himgiri, Dunagiri, Taragiri, Udaygiri, Vindhyagiri) |access-date=1 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215232507/http://indiannavy.nic.in/frigates_giri.htm |archive-date=15 February 2008 |publisher=indiannavy.nic.in }}</ref>
|Ship sensors=*Signaal DA05 / BEL PFN513 radar
*Signaal LW08 / BEL RAWL02 surface radar
*Signaal ZW06 / BEL RASHMI navigation radar
*Signaal M-45 navigation radar
*Westinghouse SQS-505 / Graesby 750 sonar
*Type 170 active attack sonar
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|Ship armament=*2 × MK.6 Vickers 115 mm guns
*4 × [[AK-230]] 30 mm guns
*2 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Oerlikon 20 mm guns]]
*2 × triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or the Indian NST-58 torpedoes
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|Ship aircraft= 1 [[HAL Chetak]]
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'''INS ''Nilgiri'' (F33)''' was the lead ship of [[Nilgiri-class frigate (1972)|her class]] of [[frigate]]s. Commissioned on 3 June 1972 into the [[Indian Navy]], she was decommissioned in 1996.

INS ''Nilgiri'' was the first major warship built in India keel up, with a displacement ~20x that of an Ajay class patrol vessel. INS Nilgiri was built at Mazagon Docks Limited, [[Mumbai]] in collaboration with Yarrow Shipbuilders, [[Glasgow]]. The collaboration involved designs of the [[Royal Navy]]'s improved Type 12 general purpose [[frigate]] and technical and training support for construction of 6 vessels. The project to build ''Nilgiri'' was led by Homi Sethna and Commander (later Rear Admiral) Prakash N Gour. The success of ''Nilgiri'' led to the Indian Navy along with Mazagon Docks redesigning the last two ships of the class – {{INS|Vindhyagiri}} and {{INS|Taragiri}} to add the [[Westland Sea King|Sea King]] helicopter, ILAS 324&nbsp;mm torpedo tubes and Bofors ASW rocket launcher.

The ship was fitted with the Agouti system to minimize propeller [[cavitation]] noise.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFyMKROi46kC&pg=PA281|title=Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965–1975|first=G. M.|last=Hiranandani|date=2000|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=9781897829721}}</ref>

==Decommissioning==
INS ''Nilgiri'' was decommissioned in 1996. She was sunk on 24 April 1997, in a test firing of a [[Sea Eagle (missile)|Sea Eagle]] anti-ship missile by a [[Sea Harrier]] Frs Mk.51 taking off from the [[aircraft carrier]] {{INS|Viraat|R22|6}}.

==References==
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{{Leander class frigate}}

{{Frigates of the Indian Navy}}

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[[Category:Frigates of the Cold War]]


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