INS Brahmaputra (F31)
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 INS Brahmaputra. |
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| Career (India) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
| Commissioned: | 14 April 2000 |
| Motto: | The Raging Rhino |
| Fate: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,850 Ton |
| Length: | 126.4 m |
| Beam: | 14.5 m |
| Propulsion: | two 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 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) 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 Brahmaputra (F31) is the lead ship of her class of guided missile frigates of the Indian Navy. She is one of the recently inducted, indigenously built guided missile frigates fitted with a modern missile systems. She and her two sister ships, INS Betwa and INS Beas, were 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 of frigates [1]. It is fitted with an array of modern sensor suites and matching weapon systems that allows her to take on any threat. Commissioned on 14 Apr 2000 and presently commanded by Captain Kapil Gupta, this 3600 tonne ship is 125 meters long and can easily do speeds up to 30 knots. She operates the Westland Sea King helicopter and the MATCH (Multi Role Anti Submarine Torpedo Carrying Helicopter) helicopter, which is an ASW variant of the Chetak helicopter.
The Brahmaputra embodies the indomitable spirit of the river Brahamaputra [2] in north-eastern India and the one-horned rhino that lives in the Brahamaputra valley.
The Brahmaputra along with three other Indian Naval ships recently aided the evacuation [3] of Indian, Sril Lankan and Nepalese civilians from Beirut during the 2006 Israeli-Lebanese conflict under the code name Operation Sukoon.
[edit] References
- ^ "Type 16A Brahmaputra class", Bharat rakshak page on Brahmaputra class frigate, 2007-05-05. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
- ^ "Indian naval ships visit to Greece", Embassy Of India, Athens, 2006-07-13. Retrieved on 2006-07-27.
- ^ "Two more warships sent to Lebanon to evacuate 850 more", IndianMuslims.info, 2006-07-23.
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