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.
| History | |
|---|---|
 India | |
| Name | INS Beas |
| Namesake | Beas River |
| Owner | Government of India |
| Ordered | 1954 |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs Shipbuilders Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Laid down | 29 November 1956 |
| Launched | 9 October 1958 |
| Completed | 24 May 1960 |
| Decommissioned | 1988 |
| In service | 1960-1988 |
| Out of service | 1988 |
| Stricken | 1988 |
| Identification | F137, F37 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1992 |
| Notes | First of two Leopard Class ships built for India and not transferred from Royal Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Leopard-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 103.6 m (339 ft 11 in) o/a |
| Beam | 12.2 metres (40 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | 8 × Admiralty Standard Range ASR1 diesels, 14,400 shp (10,738 kW), 2 shafts |
| Speed | 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h) |
| Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) |
| Complement | 210 |
| Armament |
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Construction and design
editIn 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
edit1971 war
editBeas 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Jane's Fighting Ships 1975-76. Franklin Watts. 1975. p. 170. ISBN 0-531-03251-5.
- ^ Jane's Fighting Ships 1986-87. Jane’s Publishing Company. 1986. p. 246. ISBN 0-7106-0828-4.