Russian-made Indian frigate spotted in Finnish waters
22.07.2025 - 13:21
The INS Tamal, built at the Russian Yantar shipyard, was under close surveillance by the Finnish Navy.
The Indian warship INS Tamal, which entered the Baltic Sea last week, left Finnish waters on Sunday and is heading south, Finnish broadcaster Yle reported reported.
The 125-meter-long, 3,900-ton frigate was spotted in the Gulf of Bothnia and the Sea of Aland. The Finnish Navy confirmed that the ship is currently in international waters in the Baltic Sea near the Swedish island of Gotland.
According to Finnish Navy spokesman Markus Malila, the ship is not suspected of any illegal activity and its stops in Finnish territorial waters were considered permissible “innocent passage.”
Note that INS Tamal was built at the Russian shipyard “Yantar” in Kaliningrad. It was handed over to the Indian Navy in early July 2025. According to official data, the frigate is heading to its home port in southern India and is conducting a “demonstration tour” with calls at several ports.
According to experts, Tamal is “heavily armed for its size.” Its arsenal includes supersonic cruise missiles, surface-to-air missiles, anti-submarine launchers and torpedo launchers.
Russia has delivered 51 warships to India over the past six decades. INS Tamal was the last major order completed for the Indian Navy.
As USM previously wrote, Russia’s only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, may be decommissioned.
