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|Ship name= INS ''Himgiri''<br />
|Ship namesake= Himgiri Range<br />
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|||1972}}<br />
|Ship displacement=*2682 tons (standard)<br />
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|Ship complement= 267 (incl 17 officers)<ref name=in-nilgiri>{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/frigates_giri.htm |title=Surface Ships -->Frigates-->Giri Class |access-date=2011-02-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215232507/http://indiannavy.nic.in/frigates_giri.htm |archive-date=15 February 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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*Signaal ZW06 / BEL RASHMI navigation radar<br />
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'''INS ''Himgiri'' (F34)''' was a {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|||1972}} of the [[Indian Navy]]. ''Himgiri'' was commissioned into the Navy on 23 November 1974. She was decommissioned on 6 May 2005.<br />
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A new ship with this [[INS Himgiri (2020)|name]] belonging to the new [[Nilgiri-class frigate (2019)|Nilgiri class]] was launched in December 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/in-pictures-grse-built-stealth-frigate-ins-himgiri-launched-in-kolkata-120121401053_1.html|title = In pictures: GRSE-built stealth frigate 'INS Himgiri' launched in Kolkata|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 14 December 2020|last1 = Team|first1 = BS Web}}</ref><br />
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==Operations==<br />
INS ''Himgiri'' holds the record for the number of days at sea in a single deployment for a conventional ship of the Indian Navy. In 1976, she was the first ship of the Indian Navy to shoot down a pilotless aircraft.<br />
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