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BRAHMAPUTRA frigates (1958-1960)

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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