INS Betwa (F39)

Betwa docked at Mumbai Dock
History
India
Name: INS Betwa
Namesake: Betwa River
Commissioned: 7 July 2004
Status: in active service, as of 2016
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General characteristics
Class & type: Brahmaputra-class guided missile frigate
Displacement: 3850 tons full load
Length: 126.4 m (414 ft 8 in)
Beam: 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Draught: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion: Two Bhopal turbines, 30,000 hp (22,000 kW), two 550 psi boilers and two shafts
Speed: In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 440-450 (incl. 40 officers + 13 aircrew)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Air/Surface; 1 x Bharat RAWS-03 radar at S-band frequency using a DA08 antenna
  • Air;1 x Bharat/Signaal RAWL-02 (PLN 517) radar at D-band frequency using a LW08 antenna
  • Navigation;1 x Decca Bridgemaster, BEL Rashmi (PIN 524) radar at I-band frequency using a ZW06 antenna
  • 1 × Bharat HUMSA sonar; 1 x Thales Sintra sonar and 1 x BEL Radar Warning Receiver Suite
Armament:
  • 16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25 Switchblade) AShMs (4 x quadruple KT-184 launchers)
  • 3 × 8 Barak SAM VLS system
  • 1 × OTO Melera Super Rapid 76mm main gun
  • 4 × 6-barrelled 30mm AK-630 Gatling guns
  • 6 × 324mm ILAS 3 (2 x triple tubes) with Whitehead A244S anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried:

INS Betwa (F39) is a Brahmaputra-class guided missile frigate currently in service with the Indian Navy. The ship is named for the Betwa River.

Operations

Operation Cactus

In 1988, following an attempted coup d'état against Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom by Sri Lankan mercenaries, India launched Operation Cactus to restore the democratically elected government. After Indian paratroopers restored the presidency, the mercenaries captured Maldivian hostages on board a freighter and fled towards Sri Lanka. INS Godavari (F20) and INS Betwa successfully intercepted the freighter, rescued the hostages and arrested the mercenaries off the Sri Lankan coast.[1]

Operation Sukoon

Betwa was a part of Task Force 54, returning from the Mediterranean, when the 2006 Israel-Lebanon Conflict broke out. As a part of Operation Sukoon, Betwa participated in the evacuation of Indian citizens from Lebanon to Cyprus.

References

  1. ↑ http://indiannavy.nic.in/cactus.htm
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