INS Beas (1958)

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 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. She was stricken by the INS in 1988 and scrapped in 1992.

For other ships with the same name, see INS Beas.
History
India
Name: INS Beas
Namesake: Beas River
Owner: Government of India
Ordered: 1954
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Shipbuilders Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne
Laid down: 29 November 1956
Launched: 9 October 1958
Completed: 24 May 1960
Decommissioned: 1988
In service: 1960-1988
Out of service: 1988
Stricken: 1988
Fate: Scrapped 1992
Status: Dismantled and ship's name transferred to new ship INS Beas (2000)
Notes: First of two Leopard Class ships built for India and not transferred from Royal Navy
General characteristics
Class and type: Leopard-class frigate
Displacement:
  • 2,300 long tons (2,337 t) standard
  • 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) full load
Length: 103.6 m (339 ft 11 in) o/a
Beam: 12.2 metres (40 ft 0 in)
Draught: 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: 8 × Admiralty Standard Range ASR1 diesels, 14,400 shp (10,738 kW), 2 shafts
Speed: 25 knots (29 mph; 46 km/h)
Range: 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi)
Complement: 210
Armament:

Construction and design

In 1954, the British Admiralty ordered the sixth anti-aircraft frigate of the Leopard-class for the Indian order as INS Beas.[1]

Service

1971 war

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
  1. Gardiner, Robert Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, pub Conway Maritime Press, 1995, ISBN 0-85177-605-1 page 174.
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