Godavari class frigate
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Class overview | |
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Operators: | Indian Navy |
Preceded by: | Nilgiri (Leander) Class |
Succeeded by: | Brahmaputra class frigate |
Building: | 3 |
Active: | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Frigate |
Displacement: | 3600 tons standard 3850 tons full load |
Length: | 126.4 m |
Beam: | 14.5 m |
Draught: | 4.5 m |
Propulsion: | 2 x 30,000 hp (22,400 kW) motors |
Speed: | 27 knots |
Range: | 4500 miles @ 12 knots |
Complement: | 313 (incl. 40 officers, 13 air crew) |
Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar • 1 Signaal air search radar • MR-310U Angara air/surface • 2 Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay navigation/helo radar • MR-103 GFCS Fire Control radar • EL/M-2221 STGR Fire control radar (Barak SAM) • MPZ-310 radar (SS-N-4 SAM) |
Electronic warfare and decoys: |
Selenia INS-3 (Bharat Ajanta and Elettronica TQN-2) is used for ESM/ECM Decoy • 2 x chaff/flare launcher • 1 x Graesby G738 towed torpedo decoy |
Armament: |
4 x SS-N-2D styx AShM 2 x triple 324 mm tubes (Whitehead A 244S or Indian NST 58 torpedoes) |
Aircraft carried: | 2 Sea King, HAL Dhruv or HAL Chetak |
The Type 16 Class frigates are a modification of the original Leander class frigate design with an indigenous content of 72% and a larger hull. INS Gomati is the first Indian Navy vessel to have digital electronics in her combat data system. The ships have a unique mixture of Indian, Russian and Western weapon systems. The ships are named after Indian Rivers.
[edit] Upgrades
INS Ganga and INS Gomati have been refitted with the Israeli Barak SAM system, and new fire control system provided by EL/M-2221 STGR.
[edit] Ships
Name | Commissioned | Status |
INS Godavari (F20) | 10 December 1983 | Active |
INS Ganga (F22) | 30 December 1985 | Active |
INS Gomati (F21) | 16 April 1988 | Active |
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