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BRAHMAPUTRA frigates (2000-2005)


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Beas 2006

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ब्रह्मपुत्र [Brahmaputra] F31   Garden Reach, Calcutta 1989 29.1.1994 14.4.2000 in service (2019)
बीस [Beas] F37   Garden Reach, Kolkata 26.2.1998 2002 11.7.2005 in service (2019)
बेतवा [Betwa] F39   Garden Reach, Kolkata 22.8.1994 26.2.1998 7.7.2004 in service (2019)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

3850

Displacement full, t

4450

Length, m

123.6 pp 126.5 oa

Breadth, m

14.5

Draught, m

4.05 hull 4.50 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 Bhopal Y-160 geared steam turbines sets

Power, h. p.

30000

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

oil 438

Endurance, nm(kts)

4500(12)

Armament

F31, 39: 4 x 4 Uran SSM (16 3M24E), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 4 x 6 - 30/54 AK-630, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT (A244S, NST-58), 2 helicopters (Sea King)

F37: 4 x 4 Uran SSM (16 3M24E), 3 x 8 Barak SAM (VLS,, 24 Barak), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 4 x 6 - 30/54 AK-630, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT (A244S, NST-58), 2 helicopters (Sea King)

Electronic equipment

F31, 39: BridgeMaster-E, Rashmi, RAWS-03, RAWL-02, Aparna, 2x Lynx-TMX radars, HUMSA, ATAS sonars, Pearl, MBAT ECM suites, 2x Deseaver, 2x Super Barricade decoy RL, G378 torpedo decoy, EMCCA CCS

F37: BridgeMaster-E, Rashmi, EL/M-2238, RAWL-02, Aparna, EL/M-2221, 2x Lynx-TMX radars, HUMSA, ATAS sonars, Pearl, Ellora ECM suites, 2x Deseaver, 2x Super Barricade decoy RL, G378 torpedo decoy, EMCCA CCS

Complement

351



Standard scale images


<i>Brahmaputra </i>2000
Brahmaputra 2000


Graphics


<i>Beas </i>2006
Beas 2006


Project history

Design is very similar to the previous Godavari class but with updated weapon and sensor suites. The difficulty in obtaining equipment ordered in Russia prior to the 1991 crash delayed completion, and first two ships were commissioned without a SAM system. The design is non-stealthy, with high, vertical hull sides, much topside clutter, and numerous corner reflectors. Have one pair of non-retractable fin stabilizers.

Modernizations

2008, Brahmaputra; 2009, Betwa: - RAWS-03 radar; + 3 x 8 Barak SAM (VLS, 24 Barak), EL/M-2238, EL/M-2221 radars

Naval service

5.12.2016 Betwa slipped off support blocks in the dry dock in Mumbai during repair. Ship was refloated 22.2.2017, repair was continued.