Ships of the Indian Navy
INS Tarkash F50
INS Tarkash F50 is a Talwar Class Frigate of the Indian Navy, and is seen making a visit to the United Kingdom as she crosses Firestone Bay before passing Western Kings as she enters Devonport Naval Base on 2nd May 2017. INS Tarkash was built at Yantar Shipyards at Kaliningrad in Russia, and is built to a modified design of the Russian Krivak III Class Frigate. The fifth Talwar Class Frigate, she was launched on 23rd June 2010 and commissioned into the Indian Navy in November 2012. Tarkash has a displacement of 4,100 tons and is 410 feet long with a beam of 49' 10", and is normally based at Mumbai. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s9_FmagdO4
Depicting the highlights of INS Tarkash's visit to the United Kingdom, we see INS Tarkash F50, a Talwar Class Frigate of the Indian Navy, as she crosses Firestone Bay before passing Western Kings as she enters Devonport Naval Base on 2nd May 2017. INS Tarkash was built at Yantar Shipyards at Kaliningrad in Russia, and is built to a modified design of the Russian Krivak III Class Frigate. The fifth Talwar Class Frigate, she was launched on 23rd June 2010 and commissioned into the Indian Navy in November 2012. Tarkash has a displacement of 4,100 tons and is 410 feet long with a beam of 49' 10", and is normally based at Mumbai. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBxU5CHJV6w
Creating quite a smokescreen across the bay, INS Tarkash F50, a Talwar Class Frigate of the Indian Navy, which itself is a modified design based on the Krivak III Class Frigate of the Soviet Navy, is seen crossing Firestone Bay as she prepares to enter Devonport Naval Base during a visit to the United Kingdom on 2nd May 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJxgHenRqKg
Making quite a display of diesel fumes with visible emissions, we see INS Tarkash F50, a Talwar Class Frigate of the Indian Navy, a modified design based on the Krivak III Class Frigate as used by the Soviet Navy, we see Tarkash as she emerges from Cawsand Bay and enters Plymouth Sound, before passing moored RFA Cardigan Bay L3009, as she prepares to enter Devonport Naval Base on 2nd May 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmXMKptq_Y
INS Viraat R22
Having undergone refit and upgrades at Devonport Naval Base as part of her sale to the Indian Navy, the 23,000 ton Centaur Class Aircraft Carrier INS Viraat R22, the former HMS Hermes, is seen leaving Devonport (possibly for the final time?) as she heads to India and her new home with the Indian Navy. Apologies for the quality of some of these images - the best efforts of a 14 year old school boy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeCt-HGaLj8