INS Godavari (F20)

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

INS Godavari
History
India
NameINS Godavari
NamesakeGodavari River
BuilderMazagon Dock Limited
Laid down3 November 1978
Launched15 May 1980
Commissioned10 December 1983
Decommissioned23 December 2015
FateSunk as target, 2020[1][2][3]
General characteristics
Class and typeGodavari-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3,600 tons standard,
  • 3,850 tons full load
Length126.4 m (414 ft 8 in)
Beam14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Draught4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion2 turbines with 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) motors; 2 × 550 psi boilers; 2 shafts
Speed27 knots (50 km/h)
Range4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement313 (incl. 40 officers & 13 aircrew)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • 1 × Signaal D-band radar
  • 1 × MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) E-band radar
  • 2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band radars for navigation
  • Bharat APSOH hull mounted sonar, Fathoms Oceanic VDS and Type 162M sonar
  • BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)[4]
Armament
Aircraft carried

INS Godavari (F20) was the lead ship of her class of guided-missile frigates of the Indian Navy. Built by Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai, she was the first Indian warship to be indigenously designed and built.[5] She was commissioned on 10 December 1983, and decommissioned on 23 December 2015 after a 32-year career.[6][7]

  1. ^ "In Naval Exercises At Arabian Sea, Missile Sinks Old Ship". 23 October 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Indian Navy sinks old ship with missile during exercise at Arabian Sea". 23 October 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ^ "The anti-ship missile (AShM) launched by Indian Navy Missile Corvette #INSPrabal, homes on with deadly accuracy at max range, sinking target ship: Indian Navy". 23 October 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Advanced Active cum Passive Integrated Sonar System". BEL. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  5. ^ "India's first indigenously designed and built Frigate INS Godavari to be Decommissioned". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  6. ^ "INS Godavari sets sail into the sunset after three decades". The Times of India. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  7. ^ Bedi, Rahul (20 April 2015). "India launches first-of-class Project 15B destroyer". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2015.