Godavari-class frigate

INS Godavari
Class overview
NameGodavari class
BuildersMazagon Dock Limited
Operators Indian Navy
Preceded byNilgiri class
Succeeded byBrahmaputra class
Built1978 – 1988
In commission1983 – 2022
Planned3
Completed3
Retired3[1][2]
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile frigate
Displacement
  • 3,600 tonnes (standard)
  • 3,850 tonnes (full load)
Length126.5 m (415 ft 0 in)[3]
Beam14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)[3]
Draught4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)[3]
Propulsion
  • 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 38.7 kg/cm2 (550 psi)
  • 2 × steam turbines 30,000 hp (22,400 kW)
  • 2 shafts[3]
Speed28 knots (52 km/h)[3]
Range4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)[3]
Complement313 (incl. 40 officers, 13 air crew)[3]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar
  • Signaal LW08 D-band air search radar
  • MR-310U Angara (NATO:Head Net C) E/F-band 3D air/surface radar
  • 2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band navigation radars
  • MR-103 GFCS Fire Control radar
  • EL/M-2221 STGR Fire control radar (Barak SAM) (replaced MPZ-310 radar (SA-N-4 SAM))
  • Sonar
  • BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)[4]
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Selenia INS-3 (Bharat Ajanta and Elettronica TQN-2) used for ESM/ECM
  • Decoys
  • 2 × chaff/flare launchers
  • 1 × Graesby G738 towed torpedo decoy
Armament
  • 4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM
  • 24 × Barak 1 SAM (3 × 8 cell VLS units) (replaced SA-N-4 SAM)
  • 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun (replaced AK-725 twin-barreled 57 mm gun)
  • 4 × AK-630 30 mm CIWS
  • 2 × triple 324 mm (12.8 in) tubes (Whitehead A 244S or Indian NST 58 torpedoes)
Aircraft carried2 × Sea King, HAL Dhruv or HAL Chetak helicopters

The Godavari-class frigates (formerly Type 16 or Project 16 frigates) were guided-missile frigates of the Indian Navy. The Godavari class was the first significant indigenous warship design and development initiative of the Indian Navy. Its design is a modification of the Nilgiri class with a focus on indigenous content of 72%, a larger hull and updated armaments. The class and the lead ship, INS Godavari were named after the Godavari River. Subsequent ships in the class, INS Ganga and INS Gomati also took their names from Indian rivers.

INS Gomati was the first Indian Navy vessel to have digital electronics in her combat data system. The ships combined Indian, Russian and Western weapons systems.[5]

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  2. ^ Sharda, Shailvee (13 May 2022). "Indian Navy's pride INS Gomati to make final base in Lucknow". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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  4. ^ "Advanced Active cum Passive Integrated Sonar System". BEL. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Godavari (Type 16) Class". Bharat-Rakshak.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.