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INS Sagardhwanilarger figure on 1 of 2
Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593)larger figure on 1 of 2
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Configuration
| Specification | INS Sagardhwani | Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593) |
|---|---|---|
| Power | 2 × diesel engines 3,860 hp (2,880 kW) sustained 2 shafts 2 auxiliary thrusters[source] | CODLAG 1 × 32 MW gas turbine General Electric/Avio LM2500+G4 2 × 2.5 MW electric motors Jeumont Electric 4 × diesel generators VL 1716 (T2ME series by 2,15 MW everyone, on first two frigate; HPCR series by 2,8 MW everyone, since the third frigate) 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster[source] |
| Name | INS Sagardhwani[source] | Carabiniere[source] |
| Builder | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers , Kolkata[source] | Fincantieri , Riva Trigoso and Muggiano[source] |
| Launched | May 1991[source] | 29 March 2014[source] |
| Commissioned | 30 July 1994[source] | 28 April 2015[source] |
| Home port | Kochi , India[source] | Taranto[source] |
| Identification | IMO number : 8802818 Callsign : VVXQ[source] | MMSI number : 247321700 Callsign : Pennant number : F 593[source] |
| Status | Active[source] | Active[source] |
| Type | Research ship[source] | — |
| Endurance | 200 days[source] | — |
| Sensors & processing systems | Racal Decca 1629 radar at I-band frequency[source] | Leonardo Kronos Grand Naval (MFRA) Active electronically scanned array radar CAPTAS-4 towed-array sonar UMS 4110 CL hull-mounted sonar[source] |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × HAL Chetak[source] | 2 × SH90 1 × SH90 1 × AW101 (armed with MU 90 torpedoes or MBDA Marte Mk2/S missiles)[source] |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing pad[source] | Double hangar[source] |
| Source measurement | Internally, the ship has eight laboratories for various scientific disciplines, and a mini-operating theatre with medical staff. At the stern is handling equipment for mooring and retrieving oceanographic and acoustic buoys. It can accommodate up to 82 persons, including 16 scientists, and a crew of 8 officers and 58 sailors.[source]INS Sagardhwani · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage | — |
| Namesake | — | Carabiniere[source] |
| Laid down | — | 6 April 2011[source] |
| Motto | — | Nei secoli fedele (Forever faithful)[source] |
| Class & type | — | Carlo Bergamini -class frigate[source] |
| Armament | — | 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A50 VLS for 16 MBDA Aster 15 and 30 missiles 2 × Leonardo OTO Melara 76/62 mm Davide/Strales CIWS guns 2 × Leonardo Oto Melara / Oerlikon KBA 25/80 mm remote weapon systems 4 × MBDA Teseo Mk-2/A anti-ship and land attack missiles 4 × MBDA MILAS anti-submarine missiles 2 x triple Leonardo (WASS) B-515/3 launcher for MU 90 torpedoes 2 x SITEP MASS CS-424 acoustic guns[source] |
| Used by | — | Italian Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |