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Indigenous precocious stealth frigate 'Taragiri', endowed with state-of-the-art combat capabilities, has been delivered to the Navy, officials said connected Saturday (November 29, 2025).
The 4th vessel of Nilgiri-class (Project 17A) and the 3rd 1 built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilding Ltd (MDL), 'Taragiri' (Yard 12653), was delivered to the Navy connected November 28 astatine MDL, Mumbai, marking a large milestone successful achieving self-reliance successful warship plan and construction.
This state-of-the-art frigate reflects a "quantum leap" successful naval design, stealth, firepower, automation and survivability, and is simply a awesome of 'aatmanirbharta' successful warship building, the Navy said.
Project 17A frigates are versatile multi-mission platforms, designed to code existent and aboriginal challenges successful the maritime domain.
The potent limb and sensors suite comprises BrahMos missile, MFSTAR (radar) and MRSAM (medium-range surface-to-air missile) complex, and a operation of 30 mm and 12.7 mm close-in limb systems, on with rockets and torpedoes for anti-submarine warfare, the Navy said.
'Taragiri' is the 4th P17A vessel to beryllium delivered to the Indian Navy successful the past 11 months.
The acquisition gained from the operation of the archetypal 2 P17A ships has enabled the build-period of 'Taragiri' to beryllium "compressed to 81 months, successful examination to 93 months taken for the archetypal of the people ('Nilgiri')," a spokesperson of the Navy said.
The remaining 3 ships of Project 17A (one successful MDL and 2 successful GRSE -- Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd) are planned to beryllium delivered progressively by August 2026, the Navy said.
'Taragiri' is simply a reincarnation of the erstwhile INS Taragiri, a Leander-class frigate that was portion of the Indian Naval fleet from May 16, 1980 to June 27, 2013, rendering 33 years of glorious work to the nation.
Designed by the Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and overseen by the Warship Overseeing Team (Mumbai), P17A frigates bespeak a "generational leap" successful indigenous vessel design, stealth, survivability, and combat capability, the Navy said.
Driven by the doctrine of integrated construction, the vessel was built and delivered successful envisaged timelines.
P17A ships are fitted with an precocious limb and sensor suite compared to the P17 (Shivalik) class.
"These ships are configured with Combined Diesel oregon Gas (CODOG) propulsion plants, comprising a diesel motor and a state turbine that thrust a Controllable Pitch Propeller (CPP) connected each shaft, and state-of-the-art Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS)," it said.
Delivery of 'Taragiri' showcases the design, vessel operation and engineering prowess of the nation, and reflects the Navy's unrelenting absorption connected 'aatmanirbharta' successful some vessel plan and shipbuilding.
With an indigenisation contented of 75 per cent, the task has progressive much than 200 MSMEs and has enabled employment procreation of astir 4,000 unit straight and much than 10,000 unit indirectly, it said.
