INS Beas (F137)

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 Mormugão harbour 1961 and during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. She was stricken by the INS in 1988 and scrapped in 1992.

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
Identification	F137, F37
Fate	Scrapped 1992
Notes	First of two Leopard Class ships built for India and not transferred from Royal Navy
General characteristics
Class & 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	2 × twin 4.5 in guns Mark 6 1 × twin 40 mm Bofors gun 1 × Squid A/S mortar

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]

She carried pennant number F137,^[2] in 1980s changed to F37.^[3]

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]