INS Betwa (F39)

Betwa docked at Mumbai Dock
History
India
Name:	INS Betwa
Namesake:	Betwa River
Commissioned:	7 July 2004
Status:	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Brahmaputra-class guided missile frigate
Displacement:	3850 tons full load
Length:	126.4 m (414 ft 8 in)
Beam:	14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Draught:	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	Two Bhopal turbines, 30,000 hp (22,000 kW), two 550 psi boilers and two shafts
Speed:	In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	440-450 (incl. 40 officers + 13 aircrew)
Sensors and processing systems:	Air/Surface; 1 x Bharat RAWS-03 radar at S-band frequency using a DA08 antenna Air;1 x Bharat/Signaal RAWL-02 (PLN 517) radar at D-band frequency using a LW08 antenna Navigation;1 x Decca Bridgemaster, BEL Rashmi (PIN 524) radar at I-band frequency using a ZW06 antenna 1 × Bharat HUMSA sonar; 1 x Thales Sintra sonar and 1 x BEL Radar Warning Receiver Suite
Armament:	16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25 Switchblade) AShMs (4 x quadruple KT-184 launchers) 3 × 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:	2 helicopters: 2 Sea King Mk.42B or a combination of the HAL Chetak and a Sea King Mk.42B

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.

Operations

Operation Cactus

In 1988, following an attempted coup d'état against Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom by Sri Lankan mercenaries, India launched Operation Cactus to restore the democratically elected government. After Indian paratroopers restored the presidency, the mercenaries captured Maldivian hostages on board a freighter and fled towards Sri Lanka. INS Godavari (F20) and INS Betwa successfully intercepted the freighter, rescued the hostages and arrested the mercenaries off the Sri Lankan coast.^[1]

Operation Sukoon

Betwa was a part of Task Force 54, returning from the Mediterranean, when the 2006 Israel-Lebanon Conflict broke out. As a part of Operation Sukoon, Betwa participated in the evacuation of Indian citizens from Lebanon to Cyprus.

References

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Frigates of the Indian Navy
Commissioned ships	Shivalik class Shivalik Satpura Sahyadri Talwar class Talwar (F40) Trishul (F43) Tabar Teg Tarkash Trikand Brahmaputra class Brahmaputra (F31) Betwa (F39) Beas (F37) Godavari class Ganga Gomati
Decommissioned ships	Frigates River class HMIS Tamar HMIS Neza HMIS Dhanush[lower-alpha 1] HMIS Shamsher[lower-alpha 2] HMIS Kukri[lower-alpha 3] HMIS Bengal[lower-alpha 4] HMIS Hooghly[lower-alpha 5] HMIS Tir[lower-alpha 6] Blackwood class Khukri Kirpan[lower-alpha 7] Kuthar[lower-alpha 8] Whitby class Talwar (F140) Trishul (F143) Leopard class Brahmaputra (1958) Beas (1960) Betwa (1960) Nilgiri class Nilgiri Himgiri Udaygiri Dunagiri Vindhyagiri Taragiri Leander class Krishna Godavari class Godavari Sloops (later reclassified as frigates) Anchusa class HMIS Elphinstone P class HMIS Baluchi HMIS Pathan Grimsby class HMIS Indus Aubretia class HMIS Cornwallis Black Swan class HMIS Narbada[lower-alpha 9] HMIS Godaveri[lower-alpha 10] HMIS Cauvery[lower-alpha 11] HMIS Sutlej[lower-alpha 12] HMIS Jumna[lower-alpha 13] HMIS Kistna[lower-alpha 14] Hastings class HMIS Hindustan[lower-alpha 15] Other sloops HMIS Clive HMIS Lawrence
Future ships	Project 17A class 7 ships planned (Names to be declared)
Footnotes ↑ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Dhanush. ↑ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Shamsher. ↑ Renamed as INS Kukri post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Bengal post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Hooghly post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Tir post republic. ↑ Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978. ↑ Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978. ↑ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum. ↑ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind. ↑ Renamed as INS Kaveri post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Sutlej post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Jumuna post republic. ↑ Renamed as INS Krisna post republic. ↑ Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz.