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INS Beas (F137)

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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

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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

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1971 war

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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

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  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.