INS Ranvir

	INS Ranvir
History
India
Name	Ranvir
Builder	61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant
Launched	12 March 1983
Commissioned	28 October 1986
Homeport	Visakhapatnam
Identification	Pennant number: D54
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Rajput-class destroyer
Displacement	3,950 tons standard,; 4,974 tons full load;
Length	147 m (482 ft)
Beam	15.8 m (52 ft)
Draught	5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion	4 × gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Range	4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h); 2,600 miles (4,200 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h);
Complement	320 (including 35 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Air/Surface: EL/M-2238 STAR (replacing MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) radar at E-band); Air: Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band.(replacing MP-500 Kliver (NATO: Big Net-A) radar at C-band ); Navigation: 2 × Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency,; Communication: Inmarsat,; Sonar: Bharat HUMSA ( replaced hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) during MLR), 1 × Vyega MG-325 (NATO: Mare Tail) variable depth sonar;
Armament	Anti-surface:; 8 × BrahMos supersonic missiles in aft VLS (replaces SAM launcher); 4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM missiles in inclined launchers; Air-defence:; 2 × Barak SAM 8 cell launchers (port and starboard); 1 × S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM launchers; Guns:; 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun (formerly AK-726 twin 3" naval gun); 2 × 30 mm (1.2 in) AK-630M CIWS; Anti-submarine: ; 1 × 533 mm (21 in) PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher,; 2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars,;
Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-28 helicopter

INS Ranvir (Hero of the Battle) is the fourth of the five Rajput-class destroyers built for the Indian Navy. Ranvir was commissioned on 28 October 1986.

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