Name INS Beas Commissioned 11 July 2005 Beam 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in) Weight 3,912 tons Range 8.334 million m | Namesake River Beas Status in active service Length 126 m Displacement 3.493 million kg | |
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Class and type Brahmaputra-class frigate Builders Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, India | ||
INS Beas (F37) is a Brahmaputra-class frigate of the Indian Navy. She was built at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkatta.
The design and construction of the ship is entirely Indian, and is a modification of the Godavari-class frigate. She is fitted with an array of modern sensor suites and matching weapon systems.
Beas is named for the River Beas. She is the second ship in the Indian Navy to bear the name. The first was a Leopard-class frigate commissioned in 1960 and scrapped in 1992.
Task Force Europe 2009
During May–July 2009, Beas was a part of the Indian Navy task force on deployment to Europe. During this deployment, the task force participated in joint-exercises with the Royal Navy and the French Navy. Exercise Konkan-09 with the Royal Navy, was conducted off the coast of the United Kingdom. Exercise Varuna 2009 with the French Navy was off the coast of France.
