INS Beas (F37)
 INS Beas departing Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 20th June 2009. | |
| Career (India) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | INS Beas |
| Operator: | Indian Navy |
| Builder: |
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers,  India |
| Commissioned: | 11 July 2005 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Brahmaputra-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,850 Ton |
| Length: | 126.4 m |
| Beam: | 14.5 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 steam turbines delivering 22,370kW (30,000shp) to two shafts |
| Speed: | 30+ Knots |
| Range: | 4500 miles |
| Complement: | 440 to 450 (Including 40 Officers + 13 aircrew) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar • BEL RAWS-03 air/surface search radar • BEL/Signaal RAWL-02 (PLN 517) air search radar • Decca Bridgemaster/BEL Rashmi PIN 524 navigation radar Sonar • BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) • Thales Sintra towed array sonar Fire control • BEL Aparna radar (Kh-35 SSM) • Elta EL/M-2221 radar (Barak SAM) • BEL Shikari opto-electronic trackers (guns) |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | • BEL Ajanta Mk.2C Electronic Warfare system • ELLORA Electronic Support Measures system BEL Radar Warning Receiver Suite Countermeasures • 2 x chaff/flare launcher • Super Barricade chaff launcher • 2 x Graesby G738 or BEL TOTED towed torpedo decoy |
| Armament: | 16 x Kh-35 (SS-N-25 Switchblade) SSM (4 x quadruple KT-184 launchers) 24 x Barak SAM (3 x octuple VLS units) 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm gun 4 x AK-630 6-barreled 30 mm gatling gun 2 x RBU-6000 213 mm anti-submarine rocket launcher 2 x triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes (Whitehead A244S anti-submarine torpedoes) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Sea King, 1 Match Helos |
INS Beas (F37) is a Brahmaputra-class frigate of the Indian Navy. She was 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 frigate.[1] She is fitted with an array of modern sensor suites and matching weapon systems.
INS Beas is named for the River Beas.
She is the second ship in the Indian Navy to bear the name. The first was a Leopard class frigate commissioned in 1960 and scrapped in 1992.
Operations
Task Force Europe 2009
During May–July 2009, INS Beas was a part of the Indian Navy task force on deployment to Europe. During this deployment, the task force participated in joint-exercises with the Royal Navy and the French Navy. Exercise Konkan-09 with the Royal Navy, was conducted off the coast of the United Kingdom.[2] Exercise Varuna 2009 with the French Navy was off the coast of France.[3]
References
- ↑ "Type 16A Brahmaputra class". Bharat rakshak page on Brahmaputra class frigate. 2007-05-05. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ↑ http://indiannavy.nic.in/Press090612.htm
- ↑ http://indiannavy.nic.in/Press090615.htm
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