INS Tabar

INS Tabar

The ceremony of launching TABAR (Pole-axe), the third frigate for India took place in May 2001 at the Baltiisky (Baltic) shipyards. This frigate is from the series of patrol ships which are being built on order of the Indian Republic. As of 2002 Tabar was still under construction, and was to be handed over to the customer in May 2003. The INS Tabar, the third frigate of the Talwar class, was launched at Petersberg in the presence of the Defence Secretary, Mr Yogendra Narain. The first two ships INS Talwar and INS Trishul joined the Indian Navy in 2002.

Ministry sanctioned (October 2002) the deputation of 28 officers and 225 sailors from 17 November 2002 to the proposed maiden voyage of the ship by September 2003. The training was completed in April 2003, and Ministry sanctioned (April 2003) the repatriation of 188 personnel to Mumbai, retaining 21 personnel at Russia. The 188 repatriated personnel were proposed to return to Russia on 11 June 2003.

Due to delay in Builders and State Committee trials, commissioning of the ship was postponed. Consequently, dates of expatriation of crew team also had to be changed resulting in payment of cancellation charges and difference in fares amounting to Rs 0.13 crore. The crew finally left for Russia in batches during July 2003 to September 2003. However, the DAT Team was deputed only from 10 November 2003. The expatriation of 188 crew members prior to the departure of DAT team was unnecessary and the expenditure on this account amounting to Rs 5.83 crore was avoidable.

INS Tabar guided missile frigate was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Baltiysk in the Kalinigrad region of Russia in June 2004.

INS Tabar is densely packed with state-of-the-art weapons and sensors. She can operate in a multiple threat environment. She possesses the capability to handle several threats in all the three dimensions of battle space—air, surface and sub-surface. The stealthy ship is capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots.

INS Tabar has an impressive array of Indian and Russian sensors which include an indigenous advanced sonar system Humsa and communications suite CCS Mk II manufactured by M/s Bharat Electronics. The ship’s weapon suite includes vertical launch long-range surface to surface missiles, a 100-mm gun, long-range surface-to-air missiles, advanced torpedo launchers, anti-submarine rocket launchers and anti-missile defence systems.

The ship reached India after making visits to twelve ports enroute. It was commanded by Capt AG Thapliyal and is manned by a crew of 28 officers and 232 sailors. INS Tabar arrived in Mumbai on 31 July 2004.

Specifications
Displacement	3850 tons full load
Length	124.5 m
Beam	15.2 m
Draft	4.2 m
Speed	30
Range	4600 miles @ 20 knots 1600 miles @ 30 knots
Endurance	30 days
Crew	180 (18 officers) For More Info Click here