Beas took part in amphibious landings at Cox's Bazar alongside her sister ship INS Brahmaputra, landing divers in advance of the landing and providing gunfire support to the landings.[1]
ReferencesEdit
^ abGardiner, Robert Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, pub Conway Maritime Press, 1995, ISBN0-85177-605-1 page 174.
^Jane's Fighting Ships 1975-76. Franklin Watts. 1975. p. 170. ISBN0-531-03251-5.
beas, f137, other, ships, with, same, name, beas, beas, leopard, class, frigate, indian, navy, launched, vickers, armstrong, newcastle, upon, tyne, 1958, completed, 1960, beas, served, battle, mormugão, harbour, 1961, during, indo, pakistani, 1971, stricken, 1. For other ships with the same name see INS Beas INS Beas was a Leopard class frigate of the Indian Navy She was launched by Vickers Armstrong Ltd at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1958 and completed in 1960 Beas served in the Battle at Mormugao harbour 1961 and during the Indo Pakistani War of 1971 She was stricken by the INS in 1988 and scrapped in 1992 HistoryIndiaNameINS BeasNamesakeBeas RiverOwnerGovernment of IndiaOrdered1954BuilderVickers Armstrongs Shipbuilders Limited Newcastle upon TyneLaid down29 November 1956Launched9 October 1958Completed24 May 1960Decommissioned1988In service1960 1988Out of service1988Stricken1988IdentificationF137 F37FateScrapped 1992NotesFirst of two Leopard Class ships built for India and not transferred from Royal NavyGeneral characteristicsClass and typeLeopard class frigateDisplacement2 300 long tons 2 337 t standard 2 520 long tons 2 560 t full loadLength103 6 m 339 ft 11 in o aBeam12 2 metres 40 ft 0 in Draught3 6 m 11 ft 10 in Propulsion8 Admiralty Standard Range ASR1 diesels 14 400 shp 10 738 kW 2 shaftsSpeed25 knots 29 mph 46 km h Range7 500 nmi 13 900 km 8 600 mi Complement210Armament2 twin 4 5 in guns Mark 6 1 twin 40 mm Bofors gun 1 Squid A S mortar Contents 1 Construction and design 2 Service 2 1 1971 war 3 ReferencesConstruction and design EditIn 1954 the British Admiralty ordered the sixth anti aircraft frigate of the Leopard class for the Indian order as INS Beas 1 She carried pennant number F137 2 in 1980s changed to F37 3 Service Edit1971 war Edit Beas took part in amphibious landings at Cox s Bazar alongside her sister ship INS Brahmaputra landing divers in advance of the landing and providing gunfire support to the landings 1 References Edit a b Gardiner Robert Conway s All the World s Fighting Ships 1947 1995 pub Conway Maritime Press 1995 ISBN 0 85177 605 1 page 174 Jane s Fighting Ships 1975 76 Franklin Watts 1975 p 170 ISBN 0 531 03251 5 Jane s Fighting Ships 1986 87 Jane s Publishing Company 1986 p 246 ISBN 0 7106 0828 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title INS Beas F137 amp oldid 1144332110, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
