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INS Betwa (F39)
Indian Navy frigate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see INS Betwa.
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.
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Name | INS Betwa |
Namesake | Betwa River |
Builder | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) |
Launched | 26 February 1998 |
Commissioned | 7 July 2004[1] |
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Status | in active service |
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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) |
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