Delhi-class destroyer

	INS Mumbai at sea
Class overview
Name	Delhi class
Builders	Mazagon Dock Limited
Operators	Indian Navy
Preceded by	Rajput class
Succeeded by	Kolkata class
Built	1987–2001
In commission	1997–present
Planned	3
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	6,200 tonnes (full)
Length	163 m (535 ft)
Beam	17 m (56 ft)
Draught	6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion	2 × Zorya-Mashproekt M36E propulsion plants with DT-59 gas turbines 82,820 hp (61,760 kW); 2 shafts with cp props;
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	350 (incl 40 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	MR-755-MAE Fregat E-band air and surface search radar; BEL RAWL (Signaal LW08) D-band air search radar; Fregat M2EM E-Band(After Mid Life Refit); 3 × MR-212/201 I-band navigation radars; 6 × MR-90 Orekh G-band fire-control radars (FCR); MR-184 I/J-band FCR; BEL Lynx U2 FCR(After Mid Life Refit); 2 × EL/M-2221 FCR (INS Delhi, INS Mysore); 2 × MR-123-02 I/J-band FCR (INS Mumbai); Granit Garpun B FCR; BEL HUMVAD hull-mounted sonar (INS Delhi, INS Mysore); BEL HUMSA hull-mounted sonar (INS Mumbai); Thales Advanced Towed Array Sonar (INS Mumbai);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	BEL Ajanta Mk 2 ESM; BEL Ellora MK2 ESM(After Mid life Refit); Elettronica TQN-2 jammer; 2 PK2 chaff launchers; Kavach (anti-missile system) (After Mid life Refit); Towed decoys;
Armament	16 × Kh-35E SSM or; 8 × BrahMos; 32 × Barak 1 (INS Delhi, INS Mysore); 2 × Shtil SAM systems (48 missiles); 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun; 2 × AK-630 CIWS (4 in INS Mumbai); 2 × RBU-6000 rocket launchers; Quintuple 533mm torpedo tubes; 2 rails of depth charges;
Aircraft carried	2 × Sea King Mk 42B helicopters

The Delhi-class destroyers are guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. Three ships of this class are in active service. The Delhi-class vessels were the largest vessels to be built in India at the time of their commissioning. The ships were built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) at a cost of ₹750 crore (equivalent to ₹32 billion or US$400 million in 2023) each.

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