INS Godavari (F20)

INS Godavari
History
India
NameINS Godavari
NamesakeGodavari River
BuilderMazagon Dock Limited
Laid down3 November 1978
Launched15 May 1980
Commissioned10 December 1983
Decommissioned23 December 2015
FateSunk as target, 2020
General characteristics
Class & typeGodavari-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3,600 tons standard,
  • 3,850 tons full load
Length126.4 m (414 ft 8 in)
Beam14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Draught4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion2 turbines with 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) motors; 2 × 550 psi boilers; 2 shafts
Speed27 knots (50 km/h)
Range4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement313 (incl. 40 officers & 13 aircrew)
Sensors &
processing systems
  • 1 × Signaal D-band radar
  • 1 × MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) E-band radar
  • 2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band radars for navigation
  • Bharat APSOH hull mounted sonar, Fathoms Oceanic VDS and Type 162M sonar
  • BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)
Armament
  • 4 × P-20M (SS-N-2D Styx) AShMs in single-tube launchers
  • Barak SAM system
  • 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm gun (replaced 1 x 2 57 mm AK-725 gun
  • 4 × AK-230 30 mm gunmounts with 85° elevation (in CIWS role only)
  • 6 × 324 mm ILAS 3 torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or NST 58 anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried

INS Godavari (F20) was the lead ship of her class of guided-missile frigates of the Indian Navy. Built by Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai, she was the first Indian warship to be indigenously designed and built. She was commissioned on 10 December 1983, and decommissioned on 23 December 2015 after a 32-year career.