INS Tarkash

	INS Tarkash (F50), passing the O2 in London in May 2017
History
India
Name	INS Tarkash
Namesake	Quiver
Ordered	14 July 2007
Builder	Yantar Shipyard
Launched	23 June 2010
Commissioned	9 November 2012
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Class & type	Talwar-class frigate
Displacement	3,620 long tons (3,678 t) standard; 4,035 long tons (4,100 t) full load;
Length	124.8 m (409 ft 5 in)
Beam	15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × DS-71 cruise turbines (9,000 shp)); 2 × DT-59 boost turbines (19,500 shp);
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph); 1,600 nmi (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph);
Complement	300 (40 officers)
Sensors &; processing systems	1 × 3Ts-25E Garpun-B surface search radar; 1 × MR-212/201-1 navigation radar; 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-2 6000A radar; 1 × Ladoga-ME-11356 intertial navigation and stabilisation; 1 × Fregat M2EM 3D circular scan radar; 1 × Ratep JSC 5P-10E Puma fire-control system; 1 × 3R14N-11356 fire-control system FCS; 4 × MR-90 Orekh; BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array);
Electronic warfare; & decoys	1 × TK-25E-5 EWS; 1 × PK-10 ship-borne decoy launching systems; 4 × KT-216 decoy launchers;
Armament	Anti-air missiles:; 24 × Shtil-1 medium range missiles; 8 × Igla-1E (SA-16); Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:; 8 × VLS launched BrahMos supersonic, anti-ship cruise missiles; Guns:; 1 × 100 mm A-190E, naval gun; 2 × AK-630 CIWS; Anti-submarine warfare:; 2 × 2 533 mm torpedo tubes; 1 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launcher;
Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-28 Helix-A, Ka-31 Helix B or HAL Dhruv helicopter

INS Tarkash (F50) (lit. 'Quiver') is the second Talwar-class frigate constructed for the Indian Navy. She is part of the second batch of Talwar-class frigates ordered by the Indian Navy. She was built at the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia. She was commissioned to Navy service on 9 November 2012 at Kaliningrad and joined the Western Naval Command on 27 December 2012.