INS Betwa (F39)

	Betwa at anchor in 2011
History
India
Name	INS Betwa
Namesake	Betwa River
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE)
Launched	26 February 1998
Commissioned	7 July 2004
Identification	MMSI number: 419000039; Callsign: AUBW;
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Brahmaputra-class guided missile frigate
Displacement	3850 tons full load
Length	126.4 m (414 ft 8 in)
Beam	14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	Two Bhopal turbines, 30,000 hp (22,000 kW), two 550 psi boilers and two shafts
Speed	In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	440–450 (incl. 40 officers + 13 aircrew)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Air/Surface; 1 x AMDR Radar at S-band frequency; Air;1 x Bharat/Signaal RAWL-02 (PLN 517) radar at D-band frequency using a LW08 antenna; Navigation;1 x Decca Bridgemaster, 2 x Vision Master I band radar; 1 × Bharat HUMSA-NG sonar; 1 x Thales Sintra sonar 2 x Kavach Chaff Launchers and 1 x BEL Radar Warning Receiver Suite;
Armament	16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25 Switchblade) AShMs (4 x quadruple KT-184 launchers); 2 × 8 Barak SAM VLS system; 1 × OTO Melera Super Rapid 76mm main gun; 4 × 6-barrelled 30mm AK-630 Gatling guns; 6 × 324mm ILAS 3 (2 x triple tubes) with Whitehead A244S anti-submarine torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	2 helicopters:; 2 Sea King Mk.42B or a; combination of a HAL Chetak and a Sea King Mk.42B;

INS Betwa (F39) is a Brahmaputra-class guided missile frigate currently in service with the Indian Navy. The ship is named for the Betwa River.

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