Career
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned:	14 April 2000
Decommissioned:
Fate:	Active Service
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	6,500 Ton
Length:	126.4 m
Beam:	14.5 m
Draught:	4.5 m
Propulsion:	2 shaft, 2 cruise diesels, 10,000 bhp; 2 AM-50 boost gas turbines, 54,000 shp
Speed:	30+ knots
Range:	4500 miles
Complement:	440 to 450 (Including 40 Officers +13 aircrew)
Armament:	16 SS-N-25 SSM (4 quad launchers), 2 SA-N-7 SAM, 1 - 100mm gun, 4 - 6-barreled gatling guns, 2 RBU-6000 Anti-submarine mortars, 10-21 inch torpedo tubes
Aircraft:	1 Sea King, 1 Match Helos
Motto:

INS Brahmaputra (F31) is a frigate of Indian Navy. She is one of the recently inducted, indigenously built guided missile frigates fitted with a modern missile systems. She and two of her sister ships INS Beas and INS Betwa were built at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkatta. Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_India. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A RBU-6000 rocket launcher aboard a Udaloy class destroyer. ... Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... The crest of the Indian navy with the motto Shano Varuna - meaning May the Lord of the Oceans be Auspicious Unto Us. The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the Armed Forces of India. ... A guided missile is a military rocket that can be directed in flight to change its flight path. ...

The design and construction of the ship is entirely Indian, and is a modification of the Godavari class of frigates ^[1]. It is fitted with an array of modern sensor suites and matching weapon systems that allows her to take on any threat. Commissioned on 14 Apr 2000 and presently commanded by Captain Kapil Gupta, this 3600 tonne ship is 125 meters long and can easily do speeds up to 30 knots. She operates the Westland_Sea_King helicopter and the MATCH (Multi Role Anti Submarine Torpedo Carrying Helicopter) helicopter, which is an ASW variant of the Chetak helicopter. The Type 16 Class frigates are a modification of the original Leander Class design with an indigenous content of 72% and a larger hull. ... The Sea King helicopter is the only helicopter used by the Norwegian rescue service The Westland Sea King is a license-built version of the Sikorsky helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. ... Chetak is the name of legendary horse of Rana Pratap Singh that saved him in a gruesome and bloody battle at Haldi Ghati,in June 21,1576, between Rana Prataps forces and Mughal forces, which were led by Raja Man Singh and Akbars son Salim (aka Jahangir). ...

The Brahmaputra embodies the indomitable spirit of the river Brahamaputra ^[2] in north-eastern India and the one-horned rhino that lives in the Brahamaputra valley.

The Brahmaputra along with three other Indian Naval ships recently aided the evacuation ^[3] of Indian, Sril Lankan and Nepalese civilians from Beirut during the 2006 Israeli-Lebanese conflict under the code name Operation Sukoon. Combatants Hezbollah Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General) Dan Halutz (CoS), Moshe Kaplinsky[6], Udi Adam (Regional) Strength 600-1,000 fighters 3,000-5,000 available 10,000 reservist [3] 30,000 ground troops (plus IAF & ISC) [7] Casualties Hezbollah militia: 74 dead confirmed by Hezbollah [4] 440 dead... Operation Sukoon was launched by India to evacuate its nationals and that of Sri Lanka, Nepal who were fleeing from the Israeli–Lebanese conflict. ...

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