INS Tabar carried out 12 drills during 3-month intl deployment
As part of global military diplomacy, Indian Naval warship INS Tabar completed three months of mission-deployment in international waters travelling 20,000 nautical miles and made 11 port calls in nine countries of Europe and Africa. During this time it carried out first ever naval exercise of Indian Navy with Royal Norwegian Navy, the Algerian Navy and the Sudanese Navy.
Commanded by Capt. Mahesh Mangipudi, INS Tabar is a stealth frigate and has a crew of 300 personnel.
The ship, which started the mission deployment on June 13, overall undertook 12 maritime partnership exercises with foreign navies at sea during its travel. These also included prominent bilateral exercises such as Exercise Konkan 21 with the Royal Navy (UK) and Exercise Indra-Navy 21 with the Russian Navy.
These exercises involved wide ranging and multidimensional evolutions covering a diverse range of naval operations. The exercises are deemed to have enhanced interoperability among participating navies and increased the ease with which they can operate together to address shared maritime concerns and threats, if required.
INS Tabar also participated in the 325th anniversary celebrations of the Russian Navy at St. Petersburg in Russia. Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Staff, also attended the event.
In all ports, the warship received a warm reception from local officials and was visited by several local dignitaries. The ship’s port visits saw various social and professional interactions conducted with the host countries.
Post successful completion of this operational deployment, the INS Tabar is now deployed for patrol in the Gulf of Aden and the Persian Gulf.
She had participated earlier in counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.