President Names 3 New Frigates
October 08 2009
India's President Pratibha Patil has announced the names for three Indian frigates under construction at Russia's Yantar shipyard on the Baltic Sea, reports RIA Novosti.
The Improved Talwar-class warships have been named Teg (saber), Tarkash (quiver) and Trikand (bow), according to a shipyard spokesman.
The first of these guided-missile frigates is scheduled to be launched later this month, with the other two ships to be handed over in 2011 and 2012, the spokesman said. ...
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