September 1976. Odessa. Photo by I. Ageev.

Country: India.
Class, [Type]: Nilgiri, [FF].

Builder: Mazagon Docks, Bombay, India.
Launch date: 6 May 1970.
Commission date: 23 November 1974.
Decommission date: 6 May 2005.

Displacement ( tons ): 2960 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 113 x 13 x 4,3.
Main machinery: 2 x motors ( 30000 hp ), 2 x boilers.
Speed ( knots ): 28.
Range ( miles ): 4000 at 12 knots.
Complement: 267 ( 17 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 2 Mk6 Vickers 115mm, 4 x 2 AK-230 30mm, 2 x 2 Oerlikon 20mm.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm torpedo tubes ( Whitehead A-244S or NST-58 torpedoes ).

Radar: Air DA-05/ PFN-51; Air/Surface: LW-08/RAWL-02; Navigation: ZW-06, M-45.
Sonar: SQS-505/Graesby 750, Type 170.
Helicopter: 1 x Sea King or Chetak.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1976