INS Gomati (F21)

Career
Name: INS Gomati
Namesake: Gomti River
Builder: Mazagon Dock Limited
Commissioned: 16 April 1988
Status: in active service, as of 2015
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General characteristics
Class and type:Godavari-class frigate
Displacement:3,600 long tons (3,658 t) standard
3,860 long tons (3,922 t) full load
Length:126.4 m (415 ft)
Beam:14.5 m (48 ft)
Draught:4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion:2 turbines with 30,000 hp motors; 2 550 psi boilers; 2 shafts
Speed:27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range:4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:313 (incl. 40 officers & 13 aircrew)
Sensors and
processing systems:
1 × Signaal D-band radar
1 × MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) E-band radar
2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band radars for navigation
Bharat APSOH hull mounted sonar, Fathoms Oceanic VDS and Type 162M sonar
Armament:4 × P-20M anti-ship missiles in single-tube launchers
Barak SAM system
2 × 57 mm (twin) guns at 90° elevation
4 × AK-230 30 mm gunmounts with 85° elevation (in CIWS role only)
6 × 324 mm ILAS 3 torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244-S or NST 58 anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried:2 helicopters
Sea King Mk.42B or HAL Chetak

INS Gomati (F21) is a Godavari-class guided-missile frigate of Indian Navy.

It was suggested that some of the ship's components were substandard and that there were errors in the procurement process.[1]

References

  1. Singh, Ajmer (July 30, 2005). "Smooth Sail to the Top". Tehelka. Retrieved 24 December 2009.