INS Satpura (F48) is a Template:Sclass stealth multi-role frigate built for the Indian Navy. This class is an improvement over the preceding Template:Sclasss with increased stealth and land attack features.[1]
Construction
INS Satpura was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai. The keel was laid on 31 October 2002 and was launched on 4 June 2004. She was completed in 2010 and underwent sea trials before being commissioned on 20 August 2011 into the Eastern Naval Command headquartered at Visakhapatnam.[1]
Service history
| Deployment | Date | Port Visited | Commander | Notes and References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ||||
| Malabar 2012 with naval destroyers Template:INS, Template:INS, corvette Template:INS and fleet-tanker Template:INS. | Bay of Bengal | [2][3] | ||
| 2013 | ||||
| South East Asia with naval destroyer INS Ranvijay, corvette Template:INS and fleet-tanker Template:INS | 6 May | Da Nang, Vietnam | [4] | |
| 28 May | Changi, Singapore | Participated in IMDEX-13[5] | ||
| 2015 | ||||
| South East Asia with naval destroyer Template:INS, corvette Template:INS and fleet tanker Template:INS | 23-26 May | Singapore | Captain Hari Krishnan[6] | SIMBEX-15 with Singapore Navy[7] |
| 4-6 June | Fremantle, Australia | [8][9] | ||
| 28-30 June | Sattahip, Thailand | [10] | ||
| 2016 | ||||
| South China Sea and the Western Pacific Ocean | 30 May to 3 June | Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam | Captain A N Pramod[11][12] | |
| 13-15 August | Port Majuro, Marshall Islands | [13][14] | ||
| 30 June – 4 August | Hawaii, United States | 25th edition of the RIMPAC Exercise[15][16] | ||
| 18-20 August | Pohnpei, Micronesia | [17] | ||
| 31 August – 3 September | Singapore | [18][19] | ||
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References
- ↑ Carrier Strike Group 1 Completes Exercise Malabar 2012 Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Carl Vinson Sailors Make History During Exercise Malabar 2012
- ↑ Four Indian naval ships visit Da Nang, Newspaper, Tuoi Tre. tuoitrenews.vn. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ Photo Report: Singapore Hosts International Navies IMDEX 2013 | Defense Update, Eshel, Noam. defense-update.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ Why Are India's Warships in Thailand and Cambodia?, Diplomat, Prashanth Parameswaran, The. The Diplomat. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
- ↑ SIMBEX visit..
- ↑ Indian Navy Vessels Dock in Fremantle, Australia. Naval Today. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ India and Australia: From a Shared Ocean and Shared Values to Strategic Convergence, Saran, Shyam. The Wire(2015-11-27). Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ Indian vessels dock at Sattahip to boost bilateral defence ties – The Nation, Thailand, Nation Multimedia Group Public Company Limited, Nationmultimedia.com. The Nation. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ South China Sea Deployment: Indian Stealth Warships Visit Vietnam, Diplomat, Franz-Stefan Gady, The. The Diplomat. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ Visit of Indian Warships to Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam | Indian Navy. indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
- ↑ Visit of Indian Warship to Port Majuro, Marshall Islands | Indian Navy. indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ INS Satpura enters Port Majuro, Marshall Islands on 2 Days visit – Defence Aviation Post(2016-08-13). Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ INS Satpura Reaches Hawaii USA for Exercise RIMPAC 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ INS Satpura reaches Hawaii, USA for exercise RIMPAC 2016 | Indian Navy. indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Indian Navy makes inaugural port call in Micronesia | IHS Jane's 360. janes.com. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Indian warship INS Satpura on four-day visit to Singapore | NetIndian. netindian.in(2016-09-01). Retrieved 2016-09-11.
- ↑ Indian Warship visits Singapore | Indian Navy. indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-09-11.