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Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craftlarger figure on 0 of 1
Moudge-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 1
Measured figures
Arnala class
Single sourceMahe class
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| Specification | Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft | Moudge-class frigate |
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| Power | — | 2 × 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) engines 4 × 740 hp (550 kW) diesel generators[source] |
| Name | Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC)[source] | Moudge[source] |
| Builders | Cochin Shipyard (CSL) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) (in partnership with Kattupalli Shipyard of L&T )[source] | Iranian Navy's Factories Marine Industries Organization[source] |
| Operators | Indian Navy[source] | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
77.6 m (255 ft) ( Arnala class) 78 m (256 ft) ( Mahe class)[source]
Length
Single source95 m (311 ft 8 in)[source]
at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Single source1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km) (at 14 knots (26 km/h)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Preceded by | Kamorta class by antecedence Abhay class by role[source] | Alvand class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | Next Generation Missile Vessels[source] | — |
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| Cost | ₹ 12,622 crore (equivalent to ₹ 150 billion or US$1.5 billion in 2023) for 16 ships (FY 2020) ₹ 789 crore (equivalent to ₹ 929 crore or US$96 million in 2023) per ship (FY 2020)[source] | — |
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| Built | 2020 – present[source] | 2001–present[source] |
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| In commission | 2025 – present[source] | — |
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| Planned | 16[source] |
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| Completed |
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| Active | 0?[source] |
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| Type | Corvette[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Propulsion | 3 × MTU 20V 4000 M93L ( Arnala class) 3 × L&T Water-jet propulsion[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Combat Suite: ASW Combat Suite (presumably the DRDO -developed IAC MOD 'C' combat suite) Sonar: DRDO Abhay Hull-Mounted Sonar (HMS) Low Frequency Variable Depth Sonar (LFVDS) Management Systems: Fire Control System (FCS) Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) Automatic Power Management System (APMS) Battle Damage Control System (BDCS)[source] | Asr 3D PESA long-range radar[source] |
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| Armament | Anti-Submarine Warfare: 1 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launcher 2 × triple lightweight torpedo launchers (presumably the Advanced Light Weight Torpedo (ALWT)) Anti-submarine mines (launched from mine-laying rails) Guns: 1 × Naval Surface Gun (30mm) 2 × OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun[source] | Naval guns 1 × 76 mm Fajr-27 naval gun 1 × 40 mm Fath-40 AAA or 1 × 30mm Kamand CIWS 2 × 20 mm cannons Oerlikon 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Surface to air missiles 4 × Mehrab SAM , a naval version of the Sayyad-2 or 4 × Sayyad-3 SAM Anti-ship missiles 4 × Noor or Qader anti-ship missiles (Some ships are equipped with 8 anti-ship missiles) Anti-submarine warfare 2 × triple 324 mm torpedoes[source] |
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| Notes | Largest waterjet-powered vessels in the Indian Navy .[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | India[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 2010–present[source] |
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| Lost | — | 6 (1 unconfirmed)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 2 × 8 tube chaff launcher[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × Bell 214 ASW helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helicopter landing pad[source] |
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