| History | |
|---|---|
 India | |
| Name | INS Beas |
| Namesake | Beas River |
| Owner | Government of India |
| Ordered | 1954 |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs Shipbuilders Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Laid down | 29 November 1956 |
| Launched | 9 October 1958 |
| Completed | 24 May 1960 |
| Decommissioned | 1988 |
| In service | 1960-1988 |
| Out of service | 1988 |
| Stricken | 1988 |
| Identification | F137, F37 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1992 |
| Notes | First of two Leopard Class ships built for India and not transferred from Royal Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Leopard-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 103.6 m (339 ft 11 in) o/a |
| Beam | 12.2 metres (40 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | 8 × Admiralty Standard Range ASR1 diesels, 14,400 shp (10,738 kW), 2 shafts |
| Speed | 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h) |
| Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) |
| Complement | 210 |
| Armament |
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INS Beas was a Leopard-class frigate of the Indian Navy. She was launched by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1958 and completed in 1960. Beas served in the Battle at Mormugão harbour 1961 and during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. She was stricken by the INS in 1988 and scrapped in 1992.