INS Taragiri (F41)

History
India
Name	INS Taragiri
Commissioned	16 May 1980
Decommissioned	27 June 2013
Badge	File:INS Taragiri emblem.JPG
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	2682 tons (standard) 2962 tons (full load)
Length	113 m (371 ft)
Beam	13 m (43 ft)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	2 × 550 psi boilers 2 × 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) motors
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	267 (incl 17 officers)[1]
Sensors and processing systems	Signaal DA05 / BEL PFN513 radar Signaal LW08 / BEL RAWL02 surface radar Signaal ZW06 / BEL RASHMI navigation radar Signaal M-45 navigation radar Westinghouse SQS-505 / Graesby 750 sonar Type 170 active attack sonar
Armament	2 × MK.6 Vickers 115 mm guns 4 × AK-230 30 mm guns 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns 2 × triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or the Indian NST-58 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 Westland Sea King or HAL Chetak

INS Taragiri (F41) was a Template:Sclass- of the Indian Navy. Taragiri was commissioned into the Navy on 16 May 1980 and was decommissioned on 27 June 2013 in Mumbai, after serving 33 years in the navy.^[2]

INS Taragiri was the final ship of the Nilgiri class, and was named after a hill range in the Garhwal Himalaya. Cdr. Rahul Shankar was the 27th and last commanding officer of the frigate. Along with INS Vindhyagiri, she was significantly modified. A Westland Sea King anti-submarine helicopter, A244S 321 mm triple torpedo tubes and a Bofors anti-submarine twin barrel mortar were added. Later, she was also fitted with advanced ship control systems for controlling unmanned aerial vehicles. These modifications gave the ship enhanced anti-submarine and network-centric warfare capabilities. She was operational under the Western Naval Fleet of the navy and performed surveillance missions when on blue water operations, and later performed coastal patrolling and anti-piracy operations.^[2]