INS Taragiri is the Indian Navy's fourth ship of the stealth, guided-missile frigates, formally classified as the Project-17 Alpha Frigates (P-17A). It was built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders for the Indian Navy.
Naming Named after the Taragiri hill range in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, the ship has been named after the INS Taragiri, a Leander-class frigate which was in service with the Indian Navy between 1980 and 2013.
Construction The ship was laid down on 10 September 2020 and was launched on 11 September 2022. The ship was expected to be commissioned by the August 2025 but after some delay it has been finally commissioned in April 2026.
Taragiri, the third Project 17A-class ship built by Mazagon Dock, was delivered to the Indian Navy on 28 November 2025.
The ship was initially expected to be commissioned in February 2026 but was later scheduled to 3 April 2026.
Service history The ship was commissioned on 3 April 2026 by the Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. During commissioning, the senior officers of the ship included
Captain Hemanth, the commanding officer, Commander Siddhartha Gupta, the executive officer and principal warfare officer of the ship Commander G Siva Venkatesh,the Engineer Officer and Ship Control Centre Coordinator Commander Akhilesh Sharma, the electrical officer, and Commander Abhishek Bali, the logistics officer.
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See also Future of the Indian Navy List of active Indian Navy ships