INS Mumbai

INS Mumbai is the third of the Delhi-class guided-missile destroyers in active service with the Indian Navy.

Not to be confused with INS Bombay.

INS Mumbai underway
History
India
Name: INS Mumbai
Namesake: Mumbai
Ordered: 20 March 1992
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited,  India
Laid down: 12 December 1992
Launched: 20 March 1995
Commissioned: 22 January 2001
Identification: Pennant number: D62
Motto: "Aham Prayptam Tvidametesam Balam" (I am Invincible)
Fate: in active service
Badge:
Seal of INS Mumbai
General characteristics
Class and type: Delhi-class destroyer
Type: Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement: 6,200 tonnes (full)[1]
Length: 163 m (535 ft) [1]
Beam: 17 m (56 ft)[1]
Draught: 6.5 m (21 ft)[1]
Propulsion:
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)[2]
Range: 4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[2]
Complement: 350 (incl 40 officers)[1]
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • MR-755 Fregat-MAE E-band air and surface search radar
  • BEL RAWL (Signaal LW08) D-band air search radar
  • 3 × MR-212/201 I-band navigation radars
  • 6 × MR-90 Orekh G-band fire-control radars (FCR)
  • MR-184 I/J-band FCR
  • 2 × MR-123-02 I/J-band FCR
  • Granit Garpun B FCR
  • BEL HUMSA hull-mounted sonar
  • Thales Advanced Towed Array Sonar[2]
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • BEL Ajanta Mk 2 ESM
  • Elettronica TQN-2 jammer
  • 2 PK2 chaff launchers
  • Towed decoys[2]
Armament:
  • 16 × Kh-35E SSM
  • 2 × Shtil SAM systems (48 missiles)
  • 100 mm AK-100 gun
  • 4 × 30 mm AK-630 gatling guns
  • 2 × RBU-6000 rocket launchers
  • Quintuple 533mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 rails of depth charges[2]
Aircraft carried: 2 × Sea King Mk 42B helicopters[2]

Mumbai was built at Mazagon Dock Limited in her namesake city Mumbai, launched in 1995, and commissioned in 2001.

The ship's crest depicts the gateway entrance to INS Angre (named as such in honour of Admiral Kanhoji Angre). The gateway has a watch tower with three look-out posts and stands against the backdrop of the ramparts of the fort. Two Ghurabs (or Grabs), depicted on either side of the fort, signify the seafaring traditions of the Marathas.[3] INS Mumbai has been the Flagship for various combat operations like Op Parakram and many Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations[4]

Operations
Top view of INS Mumbai (D62).

Operation Sukoon

In July 2006, Mumbai was part of Task Force 54, on its way back to India from the Mediterranean, when the Israel-Lebanon conflict broke out. Mumbai was redeployed to assist the evacuation of Indian citizens from Lebanon as a part of Operation Sukoon.[5]

Operation Raahat

In March 2015, Mumbai was deployed with INS Tarkash and INS Sumitra as part of Operation Raahat to provide protection and support to Indian ships and aircraft involved in the evacuation of Indian citizens from Yemen during the military intervention.[6]

References
  1. "IN Ships-Destroyers-Delhi Class". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  2. Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2004). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2004-2005 (107th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 308. ISBN 978-0710626233.
  3. "INS Mumbai: A Photo Essay". Bharat-rakshak.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  4. Indian Defence News, The Indian Hawk (15 December 2020). "Model of Indian Navy's destroyer INS Mumbai dedicated to the city". The Indian Hawk. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. "Indians arrive home from Lebanon". BBC News. 21 July 2006. Retrieved 21 July 2006.
  6. "Indian ship in periphery of Yemen waters, awaits local clearance". First Post. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

See also


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