India’s Russian-built Trikand frigate completes sea trials
19 April 2013 6:33 AM IST
The last in a series of three frigates that Russia is building for India at the Yantar shipyard in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad has completed sea trials, a shipyard spokesperson said Wednesday.
The Trikand frigate carried out workup trials 14 March and was cleared for final state trials 4 April, which started 8 April, spokesman Sergei Mikhailov said.
Earlier Wednesday, the frigate effectively engaged a target flying at 50 metres above the sea level with its surface-to-air missile system, he added. The frigate's Indian crew are to complete their onboard training practice within the next several days and then it will return to the shipyard for a final inspection. The frigate is due to be handed over to the Indian Navy this June, Mikhailov said.
Russia and India signed a $1.6 billion contract to build three modified Krivak III class guided missile frigates.
The Trikand frigate carried out workup trials 14 March and was cleared for final state trials 4 April, which started 8 April, spokesman Sergei Mikhailov said.
Earlier Wednesday, the frigate effectively engaged a target flying at 50 metres above the sea level with its surface-to-air missile system, he added. The frigate's Indian crew are to complete their onboard training practice within the next several days and then it will return to the shipyard for a final inspection. The frigate is due to be handed over to the Indian Navy this June, Mikhailov said.
Russia and India signed a $1.6 billion contract to build three modified Krivak III class guided missile frigates.
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