INS Brahmaputra (F31)
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| Commissioned: | 14 April 2000 |
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| Fate: | Active Service |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,850 Ton |
| Length: | 126.4 m |
| Beam: | 14.5 m |
| Draught: | 4.5 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft, 2 cruise diesels, 10,000 bhp; 2 AM-50 boost gas turbines, 54,000 shp |
| Speed: | 30+ knots |
| Range: | 4500 miles |
| Complement: | 440 to 450 (Including 40 Officers +13 aircrew) |
| Armament: | 16 SS-N-25 SSM (4 quad launchers), 2 SA-N-7 SAM, 1 - 100mm gun, 4 - 6-barreled gatling guns, 2 RBU-6000 Anti-submarine mortars, 10-21 inch torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 1 Sea King, 1 Match Helos |
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INS Brahmaputra (F31) is a frigate of the Indian Navy. She is one of the recently inducted, indigenously built guided missile frigates fitted with a modern missile systems. She and two of her sister ships INS Beas and INS Betwa were built at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkatta.
The design and construction of the ship is entirely Indian, and is a modification of the Godavari class of frigates [1]. It is fitted with an array of modern sensor suites and matching weapon systems that allows her to take on any threat. Commissioned on 14 Apr 2000 and presently commanded by Captain Kapil Gupta, this 3600 tonne ship is 125 meters long and can easily do speeds up to 30 knots. She operates the Westland_Sea_King helicopter and the MATCH (Multi Role Anti Submarine Torpedo Carrying Helicopter) helicopter, which is an ASW variant of the Chetak helicopter.
The Brahmaputra embodies the indomitable spirit of the river Brahamaputra [2] in north-eastern India and the one-horned rhino that lives in the Brahamaputra valley.
The Brahmaputra along with three other Indian Naval ships recently aided the evacuation [3] of Indian, Sril Lankan and Nepalese civilians from Beirut during the 2006 Israeli-Lebanese conflict under the code name Operation Sukoon.
