INS Talwar arrived home at Mumbai's Naval Dockyard on 12 August 2003, after a long journey from St.

[4] On 28 May 2009 at around 10:20 GMT, while about 225 nautical miles (417 km) east of Aden, Talwar received a distress signal from a merchant vessel MV Maud about a skiff with eight armed persons on board approaching it at very high speed.

The frigate immediately dispatched its Chetak helicopter armed with 7.62mm light machine guns which spotted pirates scrambling up a ladder hooked to MV Maud.

Simultaneously, the frigate sent its MARCOS team led by Ram Narain by high-speed inflatables boat to intercept the skiff.

[8][9][10] On 22 September 2024, INS Talwar reached Mombasa, Kenya on a friendly visit under the command of Captain Jithu George and a crew of around 300 personnel.

[12] On 6 October 2024, INS Talwar reached Simon's Town, South Africa for Exercise IBSAMAR VIII.