INS Tabar (F44)

Baltysky Sawod / Baltic Shipyard, St. Petersburg, Russia

The INS Tabar ( F44 ) is the third frigate of the Talwar class of the Indian Navy. The Tabar since 2004 located in the service of the Indian Western Command of the Indian Navy is based on the Soviet draft Kriwak class from the 1960s, but has new superstructure has limited stealth characteristics.

History

Was the Tabar with her two sister ships, INS Trishul ( F43 ) and INS Talwar ( F40 ) set in 1997 in St. Petersburg of India in Saint Baltic Shipyard for a total price for the three units ordered by then converted 930 million USD, and in May 2000 at Kiel. The vessel was for a certain Indo- Persian battle-ax, the Tabar Zin named, two of these axes are crossed coat of arms symbol of the ship. During construction, it was because of problems with the integration of various weapon systems and a loss in the fuselage structure to significant delays, so they only in April 2004, 13 months after the contractual goal could go on the transfer voyage to India. On 31 July 2004 she reached Mumbai.

In October 2008, the Tabar was ordered to the waters off the Horn of Africa to protect the ships that use the local trade routes from attack by Somali pirates. Since early November, she escorted merchant ships through the Gulf of Aden, while she fought on 11 November 2008, two attacks from. On November 19, about 530 km south-west of Salalah in Oman, the Tabar was fired by a suspicious boat during an inspection on the high seas. The Tabar returned fire, causing the other ship, which was called a " pirate mother ship ", caught fire and sank. A part of the crew of the other ship was fixed, while others escaped by two speedboats. The so-called " pirate mother ship " later proved to be hijacked by pirates Thai fishing boat.