Godavari 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| गोदावरी [Godavari] (ex-Ślązak, ex-Bedale) | D92 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, UK | 5/1940 | 23.7.1941 | 6.1942 // 27.4.1953 | wrecked 23.3.1976, never repaired | |
| गोमती [Gomati] (ex-Lamerton) | D93 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK | 4/1940 | 14.12.1940 | 8/1941 // 27.4.1953 | stricken 1979 | |
| गंगा [Ganga] (ex-Chiddingfold) | D94 | Scotts, Greenock, UK | 3/1940 | 10.3.1941 | 10/1941 // 18.6.1953 | stricken 1975 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1050 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1610 |
|
Length, m |
80.5 pp 85.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
9.60 |
|
Draught, m |
3.78 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
19000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
27 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 280 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
3700(14) |
|
Armament |
3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk 7, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 2 DCT, 3 DCR (60) |
| Electronic equipment | type 271, type 285, type 291 radars, type 128 sonar |
|
Complement |
168 |
Project history: Former British Hunt 2 class escort destroyers, re-rated as frigates after war. In Indian service they were rated as destroyers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Godavari ran aground at Maldives 23.3.1976. She was never repaired and was BU in 1979.
Ganga 1971
© Ivan Gogin, 2015