Godavari class frigate

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3 Godavari class frigates
3 Godavari class frigates
Class overview
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
24 Barak-1 SAM or
1 x SA-N-4 Gecko SAM launcher with 20 missiles
2 x 57 mm (twin)
4 x 2 (30 mm)


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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