INS Beas (F137)

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


History
India
NameINS Beas
NamesakeBeas River
OwnerGovernment of India
Ordered1954
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs Shipbuilders Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne
Laid down29 November 1956
Launched9 October 1958
Completed24 May 1960
Decommissioned1988
In service1960-1988
Out of service1988
Stricken1988
IdentificationF137, F37
FateScrapped 1992
NotesFirst of two Leopard Class ships built for India and not transferred from Royal Navy
General characteristics
Class and typeLeopard-class frigate
Displacement
  • 2,300 long tons (2,337 t) standard
  • 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) full load
Length103.6 m (339 ft 11 in) o/a
Beam12.2 metres (40 ft 0 in)
Draught3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion8 × Admiralty Standard Range ASR1 diesels, 14,400 shp (10,738 kW), 2 shafts
Speed25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Range7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi)
Complement210
Armament

INS Beas was a Leopard-class frigate of the Indian Navy. She was launched by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1958 and completed in 1960. Beas served in the Battle at Mormugão harbour 1961 and during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. She was stricken by the INS in 1988 and scrapped in 1992.

Construction and design

In 1954, the British Admiralty ordered the sixth anti-aircraft frigate of the Leopard-class for the Indian order as INS Beas.[1]

She carried pennant number F137,[2] in 1980s changed to F37.[3]

Service

1971 war

Beas took part in amphibious landings at Cox's Bazar alongside her sister ship INS Brahmaputra, landing divers in advance of the landing and providing gunfire support to the landings.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Gardiner, Robert Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, pub Conway Maritime Press, 1995, ISBN 0-85177-605-1 page 174.
  2. ^ Jane's Fighting Ships 1975-76. Franklin Watts. 1975. p. 170. ISBN 0-531-03251-5.
  3. ^ Jane's Fighting Ships 1986-87. Jane’s Publishing Company. 1986. p. 246. ISBN 0-7106-0828-4.