Warships anchored at Paradip to inspire youth
Paradip: With a view to inspiring young people to join the Indian Navy, Indian Naval Ships (INS) ‘Sumedha’ and ‘Tihayu’ has arrived at the Paradip Port here. As both the ships will stay at the port for two days for public view, visitors make beeline to see the ships.
INS Sumedha is an indigenously developed Naval Advanced Offshore patrol vessel of Saryu Class which was commissioned at Visakhapatnam on 07 March 2014. The ship has incorporated several weapon systems, sensors, state of art navigation system and communication/ Electronic Warfare equipment which make these ships a highly potent platform to take both symmetrical and asymmetrical tasks in the present day theatre of constant war and peace.
The ship has been constructed at Goa Shipyard Limited, Goa and is a symbol of ‘Make in India’ policy. The ship has been made in accordance with classification society rules of the American Bureau of Shipping and the Indian Register of shipping.
The ship is equipped with 76mm Super Rapid Gun Mount which forms the main stay of Indian naval warship and can fire upto a range of 16km at a rate of 120 rounds per minute. She is also equipped with two AK 630 30mm Close Range Gun, which can fire upto a range of 4 to 5 kilometers at a rate of 4000 to 5000 rounds per minute makes the ship capable of engaging close range surface and air targets. Both SRGM and AK 630 can be fired using Electro Optic in remote mode as well as local target Designation Systems.
The ship has been designed to protect itself from incoming enemy missile via Kavach chaff system which is one of the latest indigenous systems to be introduced in Indian Naval platforms. The ship is capable of operating a wide of helicopters.
NS Tihayu (T-93) is the second ship of the four follow-on Water jet Fast Attack Crafts (FO-WJFAC) built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata and was commissioned into Indian Navy on 19 October, 2016. The indigenously constructed and highly maneuverable vessel is an upgraded version of the previously designed WJFACs by GRSE.
