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| Ship country = India
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
| Ship name = ''Porbandar''
| Ship namesake = [[Porbandar]]
| Ship owner =
| Ship operator = [[Indian Navy]]
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| Ship builder = [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
| Ship yard number = 12707
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| Ship laid down = 19 July 2018
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| Ship completed =Est. 2024
| Ship commissioned = Est. 2025
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| Ship identification = [[Pennant number]]: D69
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| Ship status = Under construction
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Visakhapatnam|destroyer|0}} [[Stealth ship|stealth]] [[guided missile destroyer]]
| Ship tonnage =
| Ship displacement = {{convert|7500|t|abbr=on}} standard
{{convert|8100|t|abbr=on}} full load
| Ship tons burthen =
| Ship length = {{convert|163|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|17.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship height =
| Ship draught =
| Ship draft = {{convert|6.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = *[[Combined gas and gas]] system: Twin Zorya M36E gas turbine plants with 4 × DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 × RG-54 gearboxes
*2 × Bergen/[[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers|GRSE]] KVM-diesel engines, {{convert|9900|hp|kW|abbr=on}} each
*4 × 1 MWe [[Wärtsilä]] WCM-1000 generator sets driving [[Cummins]] KTA50G3 engines and [[Kirloskar Group|Kirloskar]] 1 MV AC generators
| Ship speed = In excess of {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship range = {{convert|4000|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn}}
| Ship endurance = 45 days
| Ship test depth =
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| Ship complement =
| Ship crew = 300 (50 officers and 250 sailors)
| Ship sensors = *[[Israeli Aircraft Industries|IAI]] [[EL/M-2248 MF-STAR]] [[S-band]] [[Active Electronically Scanned Array|AESA]] multi-function radar
*[[Thales Group|Thales]] LW-08 D-band air search radar
*[[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] HUMSA-NG bow sonar
*BEL Nagin active towed array sonar<
| Ship EW = *[[Elbit Systems]] Deseaver MK II counter-measures systems and defensive aids suite
*[[Kavach ]] chaff system
| Ship armament = *Anti-air missiles:
** 4 × 8-cell [[Vertical launching system|VLS]], for a total of 32
** [[Barak 8 (missile)|Barak 8]] missiles (''Range'': {{convert|0.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} or [[Barak 8#LRSAM (Barak-8ER)|Barak 8ER]] (''Range'': {{convert|0.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} to {{convert|150|km|mi|abbr=on}} <ref>[http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/naval-barak-8-surface-air-missiles/ Naval Barak-8 Missiles, Israel, India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808005150/http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/naval-barak-8-surface-air-missiles|date=2012-08-08}}, naval-technology.com, Accessed 25 November 2014</ref><ref>[http://defense-update.com/20111121_barak-8-mr-sam-test-program-to-begin-in-early-2012.html#.VHSJeousV-6 Barak 8 / MR-SAM Test Program to Begin in Early 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216151237/http://defense-update.com/20111121_barak-8-mr-sam-test-program-to-begin-in-early-2012.html|date=2014-12-16 }}, {{cite web|url=http://defense-update.com/|title=Archived copy|access-date=2012-01-25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129135320/http://defense-update.com/|archive-date=2012-01-29}}, 21 November 2011</ref>
*Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
** 2 × 8-cell UVLM for 16 [[BrahMos]] anti-ship and land-attack missiles<ref name="ndtv1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/all-about-the-ins-visakhapatnam-navys-newest-destroyer-755476|title=All About the INS Visakhapatnam, Navy's Most Powerful Destroyer|work=[[NDTV]]|date=17 April 2015|access-date=16 April 2015}}</ref>
*Guns:
** 1 × [[BAE Systems|BAE]] [[5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun|5 inch 62-calibre Mk 45 naval gun]]
** 4 × [[AK-630]] [[Close-in weapon system|CIWS]]
*Anti-submarine warfare:
**4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
**2 × [[RBU-6000]] anti-submarine rocket launchers
| Ship aircraft = 2 × [[Westland Sea King]] or [[HAL Dhruv]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/project-15b-guided-missile-destroyers/|publisher=NAVAL TECHNOLOGY|access-date =19 June 2021}}</ref>
| Ship aircraft facilities = *[[Flight deck]]
*Dual Enclosed [[hangar]] for a combination of 2 [[Westland Sea King]], [[Chetak]] or [[HAL Dhruv]] helicopters<ref>{{cite news|title=Project 15B Guided Missile Destroyers|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/project-15b-guided-missile-destroyers/|publisher=NAVAL TECHNOLOGY|access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref>
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'''INS ''Porbandar''''' is the fourth and last ship of the {{sclass|Visakhapatnam|destroyer|0}} [[stealth ship|stealth]] [[guided-missile destroyer]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]. As of 2021, she is currently under construction by [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]. The ship is expected to be commissioned by 2025.<ref name="ndtv1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/all-about-the-ins-visakhapatnam-navys-newest-destroyer-755476|title=All About the INS Visakhapatnam, Navy's Most Powerful Destroyer|work=[[NDTV]]|date=17 April 2015|access-date=16 April 2015}}</ref>

==Construction==
The keel of ''INS Porbandar'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] in 2018. She will be last ship under the Project 15B and join the navy in 2025. There is not much information available in the public domain about the ship. She has been named after the birth place of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and port city of [[Gujarat]].

==See also==
*{{sclass|Kolkata|destroyer|1}}
*{{sclass|Delhi|destroyer|1}}
*[[List of active Indian Navy ships]]
*[[List of destroyers of India]]
*[[Future of the Indian Navy]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

[[Category:Visakhapatnam-class destroyers]]
[[Category:Ships built in India]]

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>N Jeevan at 06:28, 19 June 2021