INS Betwa (F39)

For other ships with the same name, see INS Betwa.

Betwa at anchor in 2011
Betwa at anchor in 2011
History
India
NameINS Betwa
NamesakeBetwa River
BuilderGarden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE)
Launched26 February 1998
Commissioned7 July 2004[1]
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeBrahmaputra-class guided missile frigate
Displacement3850 tons full load
Length126.4 m (414 ft 8 in)
Beam14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Draught4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
PropulsionTwo Bhopal turbines, 30,000 hp (22,000 kW), two 550 psi boilers and two shafts
SpeedIn excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement440–450 (incl. 40 officers + 13 aircrew)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Air/Surface
  • 1 × AMDR Radar at S-band frequency
  • Air
  • 1 × Bharat/Signaal RAWL-02 (PLN 517) D-band radar (LW08 antenna)
  • Navigation
  • 1 × Decca Bridgemaster
  • 2 × Vision Master I band radar
  • Sonar
  • 1 × Bharat HUMSA sonar
  • 1 × Thales Sintra sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • 2 × Kavach Chaff Launchers
  • 1 × BEL Radar Warning Receiver Suite
Armament
  • 16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25 Switchblade) AShMs (4 x quadruple KT-184 launchers)
  • 2 × 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.

  1. ^ "Brahmaputra Class, Godavari Class". Indian Navy. Retrieved 5 December 2016.