INS Brahmaputra: Likely To Regain Seaworthiness
The Indian Navy’s guided missile frigate INS Brahmaputra, which suffered extensive damage in a dockyard accident last year, is likely to regain seaworthiness by the end of 2025 and be fully combat-ready by mid-2026, senior officials said recently.
- INS Brahmaputra is the first indigenously built Brahmaputra-class guided missile frigate.
- It was built by Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE).
- It was commissioned into the Indian Navy on April 14, 2000.
- It takes on various roles such as coastal and offshore patrolling, monitoring sea routes, conducting maritime diplomacy, and carrying out counter-terrorism and anti-piracy missions.
- Its crest features a grey, one-horned Indian rhinoceros, which is native to the Brahmaputra valley, set against a brown background with white and blue sea waves.
- The ship has a displacement of 5,300 tonnes, is 125 meters long, and is 14.4 meters wide.
- It can reach speeds over 27 knots (about 50 km/h).
- It is equipped with medium- and close-range guns, anti-aircraft weapons, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, and torpedo launchers.
- It is equipped with a range of sensors for all aspects of maritime warfare and can operate Sea King and Chetak helicopters.
- It is crewed by 40 officers and 330 sailors.
