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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=File:INS Sahyadri during Milan 2018 exercise.jpg
|Ship caption=INS ''Sahyadri'' during Milan 2018 exercise.
}}
{{Infobox ship career
|Ship country=India
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
|Ship name= ''Sahyadri''
|Ship namesake=[[Sahyadri]] hills
|Ship ordered=
|Ship awarded=
|Ship builder=[[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
|Ship original cost= $245 Million
|Ship yard number=
|Ship way number=
|Ship laid down=17 March 2003
|Ship launched=27 May 2005
|Ship sponsor=
|Ship christened=
|Ship completed=
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned= 21 July 2012
|Ship recommissioned=
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship homeport=
|Ship identification=F49
|Ship motto=
|Ship nickname=
|Ship honours=
|Ship honors=
|Ship fate=
|Ship status= {{Ship in active service}}
|Ship notes=
|Ship badge=[[File:INS Sahyadri (F49) crest.JPG|120px|INS Sahyadri seal]]
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Ship class={{sclass|Shivalik|frigate|0}} [[guided missile frigate]]
|Ship displacement= {{convert|6,200|t}} full load<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/shivalik-class |title=Shivalik class |publisher=Indiannavy.nic.in |access-date=2013-05-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729092404/http://indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/shivalik-class |archive-date=29 July 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|Ship length={{convert|142.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="Samachar 2004">Cdr. A.K. Lambhate, [http://mod.nic.in/samachar/July16-04/body.html#l2 "Stealth is Wealth"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322012818/http://mod.nic.in/samachar/July16-04/body.html |date=22 March 2012 }}, ''Sainik Samachar'', Vol. 51, No. 14, 16–31 July 2004, [[Ministry of Defence (India)]].</ref>
|Ship beam={{convert|16.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|4.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=*2 × Pielstick 16 PA6 STC Diesel engines
*{{convert|15200|shp|abbr=on}}
*2 × [[General Electric|GE]] [[General Electric LM2500|LM2500+]]
*{{convert|33600|shp|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=boost turbines in [[CODOG]] configuration.
|Ship speed=*{{convert|32|kn}}<ref name="BBC Chadha">{{cite news |first=Monica |last=Chadha |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2959541.stm |title=India trials stealth frigate |newspaper=BBC News |date=18 April 2003}}</ref>
*{{convert|22|kn}} (diesel engines)
|Ship range=
|Ship endurance=
|Ship boats=
|Ship complement=257 (including 35 officers)
|Ship sensors=*1 × MR-760 Fregat M2EM 3-D radar
*4 × MR-90 Orekh radar
*1 × [[Elta Systems|Elta]] [[EL/M-2238 STAR]]
*2 × [[Elta Systems|Elta]] EL/M-2221 STGR
*1 × [[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] APARNA
*HUMSA (hull-mounted sonar array)
*ATAS/Thales Sintra towed array systems
|Ship EW=[[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] Ajanta [[electronic warfare]] suite
|Ship armament=*''Anti-air missiles:''
*32-cell [[Vertical launching system|VLS]] launched [[Barak 1]] missiles
*24 × [[Buk missile system|Shtil-1]] medium range missiles
*''Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:''
*8 × VLS launched [[3M-54 Klub|Klub]], anti-ship cruise missiles
*''or''
*8 × VLS launched [[BrahMos]], anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles
*''Guns:''
*1 × {{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} [[Otobreda 76 mm|Otobreda]], naval gun
*2 × [[AK-630]] CIWS
*''Anti-submarine warfare:''
*2 × 2 DTA-53-956 torpedo launchers
*2 × [[RBU-6000|RBU-6000 (RPK-8)]] rocket launchers
|Ship aircraft=2 × [[HAL Dhruv]] ''or'' [[Westland Sea King|Sea King]] Mk. 42B helicopters.
|Ship aircraft facilities=
|Ship notes=
}}
|}
'''INS ''Sahyadri'' (F49)''' is a {{sclass|Shivalik|frigate|0}} [[Stealth ship|stealth]] multi-role [[frigate]] built for the [[Indian Navy]]. This class features improved stealth and land attack capabilities over the preceding {{sclass|Talwar|frigate|1}}s.<ref name="naval-technology1">{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/shivalik-class-friga/ |title=Shivalik Class Frigates, India |website=naval-technology.com |date=2011-06-15 |access-date=2013-05-05}}</ref>

==Construction==
[[File:INS Sahyadri MDL front.JPG|thumb|left|''Sahyadri'' under construction]] INS ''Sahyadri'' was built at the [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] (MDL) located in [[Mumbai]]. The [[keel]] of the vessel was laid on 30 September 2003 and was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 27 May 2005. It underwent [[sea trial]]s in 2011–2012. From there it was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 21 July 2012 into the [[Eastern Naval Command]] headquartered at [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref name="naval-technology1" />

== Service history ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Deployment
!Date
!Port Visited
!Commander
!Notes and References
|-
| colspan="5" |'''2012'''
|-
|Commissioned
|
|
|Captain Sanjay Vatsayan
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/credible-navy-need-of-the-hour-antony/article3665741.ece|title=Credible Navy need of the hour: Antony|last=Kumar|first=Vinay|date=2012-07-21|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="5" |'''2013'''
|-
|[[List of ships present at International Fleet Review 2013|International Fleet Review 2013]]
|October
|[[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-stealth-frigate-sets-sail-for-Australia/articleshow/22463636.cms|title=Indian stealth frigate sets sail for Australia|last=Pandit|first=Rajat|date=10 September 2013|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=1 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="5" |'''2014'''
|-
| rowspan="3" |South East Asia and Western Pacific
|10-13 June
|[[Darwin, Australia|Darwin]], [[Australia]]
| rowspan="3" |Captain Jyotin Raina<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail2/story180051/ins-sahyadri-arrives-in-manila.html|title=INS Sahyadri arrives in Manila|website=aninews.in|access-date=2016-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605041635/http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail2/story180051/ins-sahyadri-arrives-in-manila.html|archive-date=5 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=(Release%20Id%20:105542)|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref>
|-
|2 July - 2 August
|[[Hawaii]], United States
|[[Exercise RIMPAC]]<ref name="RIMPAC2014PF">{{cite web|url=http://www.cpf.navy.mil/rimpac/2014/participants/|title=RIMPAC 2014 Participating Forces|website=www.cpf.navy.mil|access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/07/rimpac-and-the-politics-of-maritime-engagement/|title=RIMPAC and the Politics of Maritime Engagement|last=Diplomat|first=Abhijit Singh, The|website=The Diplomat|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/indian-navy-warship-reaches-us-for-rimpac-exercise/articleshow/37593169.cms|title=Indian Navy warship reaches US for RIMPAC exercise - The Economic Times|website=The Economic Times|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
|-
|20 August
|[[Manila]], [[Philippines]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=(Release%20Id%20:108891)|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="5" |'''2015'''
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[South China Sea]] and the [[Pacific Northwest|Northwest Pacific]]
|2-5 October
|[[Da Nang]], [[Vietnam]].
| rowspan="4" |Captain Kunal Singh Rajkumar<ref name="INS Sahyadri in South Korea">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/ins-sahyadri-in-south-korea/article7799309.ece|title=INS Sahyadri in South Korea|date=2015-10-24|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/ins-sahyadri-in-vietnam-on-a-fourday-visit/article7718574.ece|title=INS Sahyadri in Vietnam on a four-day visit|date=2015-10-03|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
|-
|15 October
|[[Sagami Bay]], [[Japan]]
|International Fleet Review organized by the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force]] (JMSDF)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ins-sahyadri-visits-japan-1232343|title=INS Sahyadri visits Japan|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
|-
|23-27 October
|[[Incheon]], [[South Korea]]
|<ref name="INS Sahyadri in South Korea"/>
|-
|1-4 November
|[[Manila]], [[Philippines]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ins-sahyadri-in-manila-to-strengthen-bilateral-ties-1238737|title=INS Sahyadri in Manila to Strengthen Bilateral Ties|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
|-
|INDRA 2015 with INS ''Sahyadri'', INS ''Ranvijay'', INS ''Shakti'', INS ''Sindhuvir'' and other naval aircraft
|7-12 December
|[[Bay of Bengal]]
|
|Bi-lateral exercise with the [[Russian Navy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Indra-Navy-2015-Russia-India-Naval-Exercise-From-Today/2015/12/07/article3165229.ece|title=Indra Navy-2015: Russia, India Naval Exercise From Today|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="5" |'''2016'''
|-
| rowspan="4" |South China Sea and Northwestern Pacific with naval frigate {{INS|Satpura|F48|6}}, corvette {{INS|Kirch|P62|6}} and fleet-tanker {{INS|Shakti|A57|6}}
|30 May - 2 June
|[[Subic Bay]], [[Philippines]]
| rowspan="4" |Captain K S Rajkumar<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/pmreleases.aspx?mincode=33|title=Press Information Bureau English Releases|access-date=2016-05-18}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/2-indian-navy-ships-to-visit-phl-this-may-30-to-june-2/|title=2 Indian Navy ships to visit PHL this May 30 to June 2|last=Bulletin|first=The Manila|website=mb.com.ph|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531182226/http://www.mb.com.ph/2-indian-navy-ships-to-visit-phl-this-may-30-to-june-2/|archive-date=31 May 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/visit-indian-warships-subic-bay-philippines|title=Indian Navy Press release}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=(Release%20ID%20:145776)|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref>
|-
|14-17 June
|[[Sasebo, Nagasaki|Sasebo]], [[Japan]]
|Malabar 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/exercise-malabar-2016|title=Exercise Malabar - 2016 {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref>
|-
|21-25 June
|[[Busan]], [[South Korea]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/indian-warships-visit-busan-south-korea-1|title=Indian Warships visit Busan, South Korea {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=(Release%20ID%20:146378)|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref>
|-
|27 June - 1 July
|[[Vladivostok]], [[Russia]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/visit-indian-warships-vladivostok-russia|title=Visit of Indian Warships to Vladivostok, Russia {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=(Release%20ID%20:146532)|title=Press Information Bureau|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref>
|}

=== Miscellaneous ===

In May 2016, INS ''Sahyadri'' was awarded the ‘Best Ship Trophy’ at the annual Fleet Awards function in [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/ins-sahyadri-awarded-best-ship-trophy/article8574140.ece|title=INS Sahyadri awarded Best Ship Trophy|date=2016-05-09|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-05-16}}</ref> The ship is affiliated with [[Poona Horse]], one of the oldest armoured regiments of the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/812541358430941186|title=SpokespersonNavy on Twitter|newspaper=Twitter|access-date=2016-12-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/812543724186202112|title=SpokespersonNavy on Twitter|newspaper=Twitter|access-date=2016-12-25}}</ref>

==References==
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