Brahmaputra 1965
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
ब्रह्मपुत्र [Brahmaputra] | F31 | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 20.10.1955 | 15.3.1957 | 31.3.1958 | BU 1986 | |
ब्यास [Beas] | F137, 1975- F37 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK | 29.11.1956 | 9.10.1958 | 24.5.1960 | BU 1992 | |
बेतवा [Betwa] | F138, 1975- F38 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK | 29.5.1957 | 15.9.1959 | 8.12.1960 | BU 1988 |
Displacement standard, t |
2300 |
Displacement full, t |
2520 |
Length, m |
100.6 pp 103.6 oa |
Breadth, m |
12.2 |
Draught, m |
3.60 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
8 ASR1 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
14400 |
Max speed, kts |
25 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 230 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
7500(16) |
Armament |
2 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL |
Electronic equipment |
type 275, type 262, type 960, type 974, type 992Q, type 978, type 993 radars, type 170, type 174, type 162 sonars |
Complement |
205 |
Project history: British Type 41 frigates.
Modernizations: 1978, Brahmaputra, 1980, Betwa: - type 262 radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Brahmaputra 1978
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