INS Brahmaputra (1994)

	INS Brahmaputra departing Portsmouth Naval Base, UK, 20 June 2009
History
India
Name	INS Brahmaputra
Namesake	River Brahmaputra
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Launched	29 January 1994
Commissioned	14 April 2000
Identification	F31
Nickname(s)	The Raging Rhino
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Brahmaputra-class guided missile frigate
Displacement	3,850 tons
Length	126.4 m (414 ft 8 in)
Beam	14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	2 steam turbines, 22,370 kW (30,000 shp), 2 shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)+
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)
Complement	440 to 450 (Including 40 officers + 13 aircrew)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar; BEL RAWS-03 air/surface search radar; BEL/Signaal RAWL-02 (PLN 517) air search radar; Decca Bridgemaster/BEL Rashmi PIN 524 navigation radar; Sonar; BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array); Thales Sintra towed array sonar; Fire control; BEL Aparna radar (Kh-35 SSM); Elta EL/M-2221 radar (Barak SAM); BEL Shikari opto-electronic trackers (guns);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	BEL Ajanta Mk.2C Electronic Warfare system; ELLORA Electronic Support Measures system; BEL Radar Warning Receiver Suite; Countermeasures; 2 × chaff/flare launcher; Super Barricade chaff launcher; 2 × Graesby G738 or BEL TOTED towed torpedo decoy;
Armament	16 × Kh-35 (SS-N-25) SSM (4 x quadruple KT-184 launchers); 24 × Barak SAM (3 x octuple VLS units); 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun; 4 × AK-630 6-barreled 30 mm gatling gun; 2 × RBU-6000 213 mm anti-submarine rocket launcher; 2 × triple ILAS 3 324 mm torpedo tubes (Whitehead A244S anti-submarine torpedoes);
Aircraft carried	1 Sea King, 1 MATCH Helos

INS Brahmaputra (F31) is the lead ship of her class of guided missile frigates of the Indian Navy. She was built at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.

The design and construction of the ship is entirely Indian, and is a modification of the Godavari class of frigates. It is fitted with an array of modern sensor suites and matching weapon systems. INS Brahmaputra was commissioned on 14 April 2000 by Captain Pradeep 'Billoo' Chauhan, VSM.

This 3,600-tonne ship is 125 metres (410 ft) long and can reach speeds of up to 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). She operates the Westland Sea King helicopter and the MATCH (Multi Role Anti Submarine Torpedo Carrying Helicopter) helicopter, which is an anti-submarine warfare variant of the Chetak helicopter. Brahmaputra is the second ship of the Indian Navy named for the River Brahmaputra. The first vessel of the name was a Type 41 Leopard-class frigate that was commissioned in 1958. The symbol of Brahmaputra is 'The Raging Rhino', for the one-horned rhino native to the Brahmaputra valley.

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