INS_Beas_(2000)

INS <i>Beas</i> (2000)

INS Beas (2000)

Add article description

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

INS Beas (F37) is a Brahmaputra-class frigate of the Indian Navy. She was built at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.

Quick Facts History, India ...

The design and construction of the ship is entirely Indian, and is a modification of the Godavari-class frigate.[1] 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.

Operations

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.[2] Exercise Varuna 2009 with the French Navy was off the coast of France.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Type 16A Brahmaputra class". Bharat rakshak page on Brahmaputra class frigate. 5 May 2007. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
  2. [2]
    "Konkan 2009". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Varuna 2009". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
INS Beas F37 departing Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 20 June 2009.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article INS_Beas_(2000), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.