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INS Godavari (F20)

2022-09-23T16:21:25Z

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{{other ships|INS Godavari}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=INS Godavari.jpg
|Ship image size=300px
|Ship caption= INS ''Godavari''
}}
{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship country=India
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
|Ship name= INS ''Godavari''
|Ship namesake= [[Godavari River]]
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder= [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
|Ship laid down= 3 November 1978
|Ship launched= 15 May 1980
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned= 10 December 1983
|Ship decommissioned=23 December 2015
|Ship in service=
|Ship out of service=
|Ship struck=
|Ship reinstated=
|Ship honours=
|Ship fate=
|Ship status= Awaiting disposal.<ref name="sunset"/>
|Ship notes=
|Ship badge=[[File:INS Godavari emblem.JPG|150px|center|Seal of INS ''Godavari'']]
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Hide header=
|Header caption=
|Ship class= {{sclass|Godavari|frigate}}
|Ship displacement=* 3,600 tons standard,
* 3,850 tons full load
|Ship length= {{convert|126.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|14.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught= {{convert|4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft=
|Ship propulsion= 2 turbines with {{convert|30000|hp|abbr=on}} motors; 2 × 550 psi boilers; 2 shafts
|Ship speed= {{convert|27|kn|km/h|0}}
|Ship range= {{convert|4500|mi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h|0}}
|Ship complement= 313 (incl. 40 officers & 13 aircrew)
|Ship sensors=* 1 × Signaal D-band radar
* 1 × MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) E-band radar
* 2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band radars for navigation
*Bharat APSOH hull mounted sonar, Fathoms Oceanic VDS and Type 162M sonar
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=* 4 × [[P-15 Termit|P-20M (SS-N-2D Styx)]] [[AShM]]s in single-tube launchers
* [[Barak SAM]] system
* 2 × 57 mm (twin) guns at 90° elevation
* 4 × [[AK-230]] 30 mm gunmounts with 85° elevation (in CIWS role only)
* 6 × 324 mm ILAS 3 torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or NST 58 anti-submarine torpedoes
|Ship armour=
|Ship aircraft=* 2 helicopters
* [[Westland Sea King|Sea King Mk.42B]] or [[HAL Chetak]]
|Ship aircraft facilities=
|Ship notes=
}}
|}

'''INS ''Godavari'' (F20)''' was the lead ship of [[Godavari-class frigate|her class]] of [[guided-missile frigate]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]. Built by [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] in [[Mumbai]], she was the first Indian warship to be indigenously designed and built.<ref name=indiannavy>{{cite web|title=India's first indigenously designed and built Frigate INS Godavari to be Decommissioned|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/india%E2%80%99s-first-indigenously-designed-and-built-frigate-ins-godavari-be-decommissioned|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=24 December 2015}}</ref> She was commissioned on 10 December 1983, and decommissioned on 23 December 2015 after a 32-year career.<ref name="sunset">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/INS-Godavari-sets-sail-into-the-sunset-after-3-decades/articleshow/50259958.cms |title=INS Godavari sets sail into the sunset after three decades |work=The Times of India|date=21 December 2015 |access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.janes.com/article/50802/india-launches-first-of-class-project-15b-destroyer | title=India launches first-of-class Project 15B destroyer | date=20 April 2015 | access-date=25 April 2015 | last=Bedi |first=Rahul| work=IHS Jane's 360 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091326/http://www.janes.com/article/50802/india-launches-first-of-class-project-15b-destroyer |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

==History==
During the mid-1970s, the Navy's Directorate of Naval Design developed a concept for the next generation of frigates, which would supplant the British-designed {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|1||1972}}s. The new ''Godavari''-class frigates would be the first indigenously designed and built frigates, with vastly improved speed and firepower. As the lead ship of her class, ''Godavari'' was laid down on 3 November 1978 by the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral [[Jal Cursetji]], and was launched on 15 May 1980. She was commissioned on 10 December 1983.<ref name="indigenously">{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/india%E2%80%99s-first-indigenously-designed-and-built-frigate-ins-godavari-be-decommissioned |title=India's first indigenously designed and built Frigate INS Godavari to be Decommissioned |publisher=Indian Navy |date=21 December 2015 |access-date=23 December 2015}}</ref>

==Operations==
[[File:INS Godavari sailing past the Statue of Liberty.jpg|thumb|left|INS ''Godavari'' entering New York harbour in July 1986.]]
Notable operations involving INS ''Godavari'' include Operation Jupiter in 1988 (Sri Lanka), Operation Shield and Operation Bolster in 1994 (de-induction of Indian Army from Somalia), Patrol of Gulf of Aden (PoG) in 2009, and 2011 anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.<ref name=indiannavy/> The ship also visited New York harbour in July 1986 on the occasion of the bicentennial celebrations of the [[Statue of Liberty]].

===Operation Cactus===
In 1988, following an attempted [[coup d'état]] against [[Republic of the Maldives|Maldivian]] President [[Maumoon Abdul Gayoom]] by [[Sri Lanka]]n mercenaries, India launched [[Operation Cactus]] to restore the democratically elected government. After Indian paratroopers restored the presidency, the mercenaries captured [[Republic of the Maldives|Maldivian]] hostages on board a [[cargo ship|freighter]] and fled towards Sri Lanka. INS ''Godavari'' and {{INS|Betwa|1959|6}} successfully intercepted the freighter, rescued the hostages and arrested the mercenaries off the Sri Lankan coast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/cactus.htm |title=India's first indigenously designed and built Frigate INS Godavari to be Decommissioned |access-date=2009-07-26 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619063620/http://indiannavy.nic.in/cactus.htm |archive-date=19 June 2009}}</ref>

===UNOSOM II===
While the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 954|UN Security Council Resolution 954]], extended the UN mandate for [[UNOSOM II]] in [[Somalia]] to March 1995, the United States and other NATO members of the mission abandoned the peacekeeping effort and withdrew from Somalia over a year earlier. As the mission approached its scheduled end, the situation on the ground continued to deteriorate. With no other international support forthcoming, INS ''Godavari'' along with {{INS|Ganga|F22|6}} and {{INS|Shakti|1975|6}} were deployed to [[Mogadishu]] in December 1994 to support the withdrawal of the [[Indian Army]]'s 66 Brigade, including the 2nd Battalion, [[Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry|Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry]] (2 JAKLI).<ref name=br-unosom>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/PEACE/Somalia.html |title=Somalia, 1992–1994 |website=bharat-rakshak.com |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011122642/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/PEACE/Somalia.html |archive-date=11 October 2012 |access-date=22 November 2018}}</ref>

==Incidents==
Pakistan Naval Ship {{ship|PNS|Babur|D-182|2}} brushed with INS ''Godavari'' in June 2011 while escorting Egyptian ship MV ''Suez''. This incident triggered a diplomatic row between India and Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.informationcell.com/Row-over-MV-Suez-intensifies-India-to-lodge-formal-protest-with-Pak-Sources.html |title=Row over MV Suez intensifies India to lodge formal protest with Pak Sources | NDTV/Home | News & Information Cell, India |access-date=18 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311032632/http://www.informationcell.com/Row-over-MV-Suez-intensifies-India-to-lodge-formal-protest-with-Pak-Sources.html |archive-date=11 March 2012 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Fate==
In 2014, a naval review board decided ''Godavari'' would be decommissioned the following year. After 32 years of service, she was decommissioned on 23 December 2015.<ref name="sunset"/> A senior naval official said she would first be stripped of her weaponry and any salvageable fittings, and then most likely be sunk as a [[target ship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brahmand.com/news/Godavari-1st-indigenously-designed-warship-calls-it-a-day/14515/1/10.html |title="Godavari, 1st indigenously designed warship, calls it a day"|website=Brahmand.com |date=24 December 2015 |access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|INS Godavari (F20)}}
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY Type 16 Godavari class]

{{Godavari class frigate}}

{{Frigates of the Indian Navy}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Godavari (F20)}}
[[Category:Godavari-class frigates]]
[[Category:Frigates of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:1980 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in India]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 2014]]

INS Godavari (F20)

2022-09-23T16:21:25Z

2601:243:1980:2810:C403:D579:4D0:3CF:

{{other ships|INS Godavari}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=INS Godavari.jpg
|Ship image size=300px
|Ship caption= INS ''Godavari''
}}
{{Infobox ship career
|Hide header=
|Ship country=India
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
|Ship name= INS ''Godavari''
|Ship namesake= [[Godavari River]]
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder= [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
|Ship laid down= 3 November 1978
|Ship launched= 15 May 1980
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned= 10 December 1983
|Ship decommissioned=23 December 2015
|Ship in service=
|Ship out of service=
|Ship struck=
|Ship reinstated=
|Ship honours=
|Ship fate=
|Ship status= Awaiting disposal.<ref name="sunset"/>
|Ship notes=
|Ship badge=[[File:INS Godavari emblem.JPG|150px|center|Seal of INS ''Godavari'']]
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Hide header=
|Header caption=
|Ship class= {{sclass|Godavari|frigate}}
|Ship displacement=* 3,600 tons standard,
* 3,850 tons full load
|Ship length= {{convert|126.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|14.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught= {{convert|4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft=
|Ship propulsion= 2 turbines with {{convert|30000|hp|abbr=on}} motors; 2 × 550 psi boilers; 2 shafts
|Ship speed= {{convert|27|kn|km/h|0}}
|Ship range= {{convert|4500|mi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h|0}}
|Ship complement= 313 (incl. 40 officers & 13 aircrew)
|Ship sensors=* 1 × Signaal D-band radar
* 1 × MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) E-band radar
* 2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band radars for navigation
*Bharat APSOH hull mounted sonar, Fathoms Oceanic VDS and Type 162M sonar
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=* 4 × [[P-15 Termit|P-20M (SS-N-2D Styx)]] [[AShM]]s in single-tube launchers
* [[Barak SAM]] system
* 2 × 57 mm (twin) guns at 90° elevation
* 4 × [[AK-230]] 30 mm gunmounts with 85° elevation (in CIWS role only)
* 6 × 324 mm ILAS 3 torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244S or NST 58 anti-submarine torpedoes
|Ship armour=
|Ship aircraft=* 2 helicopters
* [[Westland Sea King|Sea King Mk.42B]] or [[HAL Chetak]]
|Ship aircraft facilities=
|Ship notes=
}}
|}

'''INS ''Godavari'' (F20)''' was the lead ship of [[Godavari-class frigate|her class]] of [[guided-missile frigate]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]. Built by [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] in [[Mumbai]], she was the first Indian warship to be indigenously designed and built.<ref name=indiannavy>{{cite web|title=India's first indigenously designed and built Frigate INS Godavari to be Decommissioned|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/india%E2%80%99s-first-indigenously-designed-and-built-frigate-ins-godavari-be-decommissioned|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=24 December 2022}}</ref> She was commissioned on 10 December 1983, and decommissioned on 23 December 2015 after a 32-year career.<ref name="sunset">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/INS-Godavari-sets-sail-into-the-sunset-after-3-decades/articleshow/50259958.cms |title=INS Godavari sets sail into the sunset after three decades |work=The Times of India|date=21 December 2015 |access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.janes.com/article/50802/india-launches-first-of-class-project-15b-destroyer | title=India launches first-of-class Project 15B destroyer | date=20 April 2015 | access-date=25 April 2015 | last=Bedi |first=Rahul| work=IHS Jane's 360 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091326/http://www.janes.com/article/50802/india-launches-first-of-class-project-15b-destroyer |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

==History==
During the mid-1970s, the Navy's Directorate of Naval Design developed a concept for the next generation of frigates, which would supplant the British-designed {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|1||1972}}s. The new ''Godavari''-class frigates would be the first indigenously designed and built frigates, with vastly improved speed and firepower. As the lead ship of her class, ''Godavari'' was laid down on 3 November 1978 by the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral [[Jal Cursetji]], and was launched on 15 May 1980. She was commissioned on 10 December 1983.<ref name="indigenously">{{cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/india%E2%80%99s-first-indigenously-designed-and-built-frigate-ins-godavari-be-decommissioned |title=India's first indigenously designed and built Frigate INS Godavari to be Decommissioned |publisher=Indian Navy |date=21 December 2015 |access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref>

==Operations==
[[File:INS Godavari sailing past the Statue of Liberty.jpg|thumb|left|INS ''Godavari'' entering New York harbour in July 1986.]]
Notable operations involving INS ''Godavari'' include Operation Jupiter in 1988 (Sri Lanka), Operation Shield and Operation Bolster in 1994 (de-induction of Indian Army from Somalia), Patrol of Gulf of Aden (PoG) in 2009, and 2011 anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.<ref name=indiannavy/> The ship also visited New York harbour in July 1986 on the occasion of the bicentennial celebrations of the [[Statue of Liberty]].

===Operation Cactus===
In 1988, following an attempted [[coup d'état]] against [[Republic of the Maldives|Maldivian]] President [[Maumoon Abdul Gayoom]] by [[Sri Lanka]]n mercenaries, India launched [[Operation Cactus]] to restore the democratically elected government. After Indian paratroopers restored the presidency, the mercenaries captured [[Republic of the Maldives|Maldivian]] hostages on board a [[cargo ship|freighter]] and fled towards Sri Lanka. INS ''Godavari'' and {{INS|Betwa|1959|6}} successfully intercepted the freighter, rescued the hostages and arrested the mercenaries off the Sri Lankan coast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/cactus.htm |title=India's first indigenously designed and built Frigate INS Godavari to be Decommissioned |access-date=2009-07-26 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619063620/http://indiannavy.nic.in/cactus.htm |archive-date=19 June 2022}}</ref>

===UNOSOM II===
While the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 954|UN Security Council Resolution 954]], extended the UN mandate for [[UNOSOM II]] in [[Somalia]] to March 1995, the United States and other NATO members of the mission abandoned the peacekeeping effort and withdrew from Somalia over a year earlier. As the mission approached its scheduled end, the situation on the ground continued to deteriorate. With no other international support forthcoming, INS ''Godavari'' along with {{INS|Ganga|F22|6}} and {{INS|Shakti|1975|6}} were deployed to [[Mogadishu]] in December 1994 to support the withdrawal of the [[Indian Army]]'s 66 Brigade, including the 2nd Battalion, [[Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry|Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry]] (2 JAKLI).<ref name=br-unosom>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/PEACE/Somalia.html |title=Somalia, 1992–1994 |website=bharat-rakshak.com |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011122642/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/PEACE/Somalia.html |archive-date=11 October 2012 |access-date=22 November 2022}}</ref>

==Incidents==
Pakistan Naval Ship {{ship|PNS|Babur|D-182|2}} brushed with INS ''Godavari'' in June 2011 while escorting Egyptian ship MV ''Suez''. This incident triggered a diplomatic row between India and Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.informationcell.com/Row-over-MV-Suez-intensifies-India-to-lodge-formal-protest-with-Pak-Sources.html |title=Row over MV Suez intensifies India to lodge formal protest with Pak Sources | NDTV/Home | News & Information Cell, India |access-date=18 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311032632/http://www.informationcell.com/Row-over-MV-Suez-intensifies-India-to-lodge-formal-protest-with-Pak-Sources.html |archive-date=11 March 2012 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Fate==
In 2014, a naval review board decided ''Godavari'' would be decommissioned the following year. After 32 years of service, she was decommissioned on 23 December 2015.<ref name="sunset"/> A senior naval official said she would first be stripped of her weaponry and any salvageable fittings, and then most likely be sunk as a [[target ship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brahmand.com/news/Godavari-1st-indigenously-designed-warship-calls-it-a-day/14515/1/10.html |title="Godavari, 1st indigenously designed warship, calls it a day"|website=Brahmand.com |date=24 December 2015 |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|INS Godavari (F20)}}
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY Type 16 Godavari class]

{{Godavari class frigate}}

{{Frigates of the Indian Navy}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Godavari (F20)}}
[[Category:Godavari-class frigates]]
[[Category:Frigates of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:1980 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in India]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 2014]]

Godavari-class frigate

2022-09-23T16:20:57Z

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{{Short description|Class of frigates in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2008}}

{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=INS Godavari (F20) during Malabar 2008.jpg
|Ship caption= INS ''Godavari''
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Godavari'' class
|Builders= [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
|Operators= {{navy|India}}
|Class before= {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|4||1972}}
|Class after= {{sclass|Brahmaputra|frigate|4}}
|Subclasses=
|Built range=
|In commission range= 1983–2022
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned= 3
|Total ships completed= 3
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=
|Total ships retired= 3<ref name="swansong"/><ref name="pride_Gomati">{{cite news |last=Sharda |first=Shailvee |date=13 May 2022 |title=Indian Navy's pride INS Gomati to make final base in Lucknow |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/indian-navys-pride-ins-gomati-to-make-final-base-in-lucknow/articleshow/91528374.cms |work=The Times of India |location= |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>
|Total ships preserved=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Hide header=
|Header caption=
|Ship type= [[Guided-missile frigate]]
|Ship displacement=*3,600 tonnes (standard)
*3,850 tonnes (full load)
|Ship length= {{convert|126.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship beam= {{convert|14.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship draught= {{convert|4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship draft=
|Ship propulsion=*2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers {{convert|38.7|kg/cm2|psi|abbr=on}}
*2 × steam turbines {{Convert|30000|hp|kW|-2|abbr=on}}
*2 shafts<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship speed= {{convert|28|kn|km/h}}<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship range= {{convert|4500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h}}<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship complement= 313 (incl. 40 officers, 13 air crew)<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship sensors=*''Radar''
*Signaal LW08 D-band air search radar
*MR-310U Angara (NATO:Head Net C) E/F-band 3D air/surface radar
*2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band navigation radars
*MR-103 GFCS Fire Control radar
*EL/M-2221 STGR Fire control radar (Barak SAM)
*MPZ-310 radar (SS-N-4 SAM)
|Ship EW=*Selenia INS-3 (Bharat Ajanta and Elettronica TQN-2) used for ESM/ECM
*''Decoys''
*2 × chaff/flare launchers
*1 × Graesby G738 towed torpedo decoy
|Ship armament=*4 × [[P-15 Termit|SS-N-2D Styx AShM]]
*24 × [[Barak 1]] SAM (3 × 8 cell VLS units)
*1 × [[AK-725]] twin-barreled 57 mm gun
*4 × [[AK-630]] 30 mm CIWS
*2 × triple {{convert|324|mm|in|abbr=on}} tubes (Whitehead A 244S or Indian NST 58 torpedoes)
|Ship armor=
|Ship aircraft= 2 × [[Westland Sea King|Sea King]], [[HAL Dhruv]] or [[HAL Chetak]] helicopters
|Ship aircraft facilities=
|Ship notes=
}}
|}
The '''''Godavari''-class frigates''' (formerly '''Type 16''' or '''Project 16''' frigates) were [[guided-missile frigate]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]. The ''Godavari'' class was the first significant indigenous warship design and development initiative of the Indian Navy. Its design is a modification of the {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|4||1972}} with a focus on indigenous content of 72%, a larger hull and updated armaments. The class and the lead ship, {{INS|Godavari|F20|6}} were named after the [[Godavari River]]. Subsequent ships in the class, {{INS|Ganga|F22|6}} and {{INS|Gomati|F21|6}} also took their names from [[Indian rivers]].

INS ''Gomati'' was the first Indian Navy vessel to have digital electronics in her combat data system. The ships combined Indian, Russian and Western weapons systems.<ref name=BR-Godavari>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/178-Godavari-Class.html |title=Godavari (Type 16) Class |work=Bharat-Rakshak.com |access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref>

==History==
The concept for the ''Godavari'' class originated from the lessons learnt in the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1971]]. There was a need for a ship unique to Indian requirements, for deploying a hybrid of indigenously-designed, as well as Russian and European weapons systems. The keel of the lead ship INS ''Godavari'' was laid in 1978 at [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] in [[Bombay]]. She was commissioned in December 1983.

One of the requirements was to deploy two [[Westland Sea King|Sea King]] helicopters from the ship. The ''Nilgiri''-class vessels were too small for this requirement. The final design incorporated a larger hull in order to accommodate this.<ref name=GS-P16>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/f-godavari.htm |title=F 20 Godavari Class |publisher=globalsecurity.org |date=9 July 2011 |access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref> INS ''Godavari'' was decommissioned on 23 December 2015, and her [[Barak 1]] surface-to-air missile will be installed on the [[flagship]] {{INS|Vikramaditya}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/vikramaditya-to-be-fitted-with-barak-missiles/68184.html |title=Vikramaditya to be fitted with Barak missiles |publisher=www.tribuneindia.com/ |date=21 Apr 2015 |access-date=16 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/INS-Godavari-sets-sail-into-the-sunset-after-3-decades/articleshow/50259958.cms |title=INS Godavari sets sail into the sunset after three decades |publisher=Times of India |date=21 December 2015 |access-date=22 December 2015}}</ref> INS ''Ganga'' was retired from active service on 28 May 2017,<ref name="swansong">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/613543/ins-ganga-swansong-sortie.html |title=INS Ganga on swansong sortie |publisher=Deccan Herald |date=25 May 2017 |access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> and was decommissioned on 22 March 2018.<ref name="Business Standard India">{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/navy-warship-ins-ganga-decommissioned-in-mumbai-118032201452_1.html|title=Navy warship INS Ganga decommissioned in Mumbai|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2018-03-22|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref> The last ship of its class, INS ''Gomati'', was decommissioned on 15 May 2022 after 34 years of service.<ref name="pride_Gomati"/>

==Design==
Although the Directorate of Marine Engineering suggested replacing steam propulsion with gas turbines, it was decided not to do so, since [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited]] and [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]] had made heavy investments in facilities and tooling for design of steam turbines and auxiliary systems.<ref name=GS-P16/>

For armaments, the missile and gun package of the Soviet {{sclass2|Nanuchka|corvette}} was installed on the frigate.

== Ships of the class ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Pennant
!Builder
!Laid down
!Launched
!Commissioned
!Decommissioned
|-
| {{INS|Godavari|F20|2}}
| F20
| rowspan=3|[[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
| 3 November 1978<ref name="jni-23dec15">{{cite web|last1=Rahmat|first1=Ridzwan|title=India decommissions first Godavari-class frigate|url=http://www.janes.com/article/56850/india-decommissions-first-godavari-class-frigate|work=IHS Jane's Navy International|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307233537/http://www.janes.com/article/56850/india-decommissions-first-godavari-class-frigate|archive-date=7 March 2016|date=23 December 2015}}</ref>
| 15 May 1980
| 10 December 1983<ref name="jfs-0506">{{cite book|editor1-last=Saunders|editor1-first=Stephen|editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006|date=2005|publisher=Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626924|page=315|edition=108th|chapter=India}}</ref>
| 23 December 2015
|-
| {{INS|Ganga|F22|2}}
| F22
| 1980
| 21 October 1981
| 30 December 1985<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 22 March 2018<ref name="Business Standard India"/>
|-
| {{INS|Gomati|F21|2}}
| F21
| 1981
| 19 March 1984
| 16 April 1988<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 28 May 2022
|}

==Upgrades==
All three ships later underwent an extensive upgrade of weapons and sensors. These include the fitment of the Israeli Barak SAM system, and a new fire control system based on the EL/M-2221 STGR. The P-20 missiles have been retained for now.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:INS Godavari (F20)+INS Brahmaputra (F31)+INS Beas (F39).jpg|INS ''Godavari'' with {{INS|Brahmaputra|F31|6}} and {{INS|Beas|F37|6}} trailing during exercises with the US Navy.
File:INS Ganga (F22).jpg|[[INS Ganga (F22)]] during sea operations.
File:INS Gomati with Seaking heli operations.jpg|INS Gomati with Seaking helicopter operations.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of naval ship classes in service]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Godavari class frigate}}
{{Ship classes of the Indian Navy}}
{{Frigates_of_the_Indian_Navy}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Godavari Class Frigate}}
[[Category:Godavari-class frigates| ]]
[[Category:Frigate classes]]
[[Category:Ships built in India]]

Godavari-class frigate

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{{Short description|Class of frigates in India}}
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{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=INS Godavari (F20) during Malabar 2008.jpg
|Ship caption= INS ''Godavari''
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Godavari'' class
|Builders= [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
|Operators= {{navy|India}}
|Class before= {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|4||1972}}
|Class after= {{sclass|Brahmaputra|frigate|4}}
|Subclasses=
|Built range=
|In commission range= 1983–2022
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned= 3
|Total ships completed= 3
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=
|Total ships retired= 3<ref name="swansong"/><ref name="pride_Gomati">{{cite news |last=Sharda |first=Shailvee |date=13 May 2022 |title=Indian Navy's pride INS Gomati to make final base in Lucknow |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/indian-navys-pride-ins-gomati-to-make-final-base-in-lucknow/articleshow/91528374.cms |work=The Times of India |location= |access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>
|Total ships preserved=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Hide header=
|Header caption=
|Ship type= [[Guided-missile frigate]]
|Ship displacement=*3,600 tonnes (standard)
*3,850 tonnes (full load)
|Ship length= {{convert|126.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship beam= {{convert|14.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship draught= {{convert|4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship draft=
|Ship propulsion=*2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers {{convert|38.7|kg/cm2|psi|abbr=on}}
*2 × steam turbines {{Convert|30000|hp|kW|-2|abbr=on}}
*2 shafts<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship speed= {{convert|28|kn|km/h}}<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship range= {{convert|4500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h}}<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship complement= 313 (incl. 40 officers, 13 air crew)<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
|Ship sensors=*''Radar''
*Signaal LW08 D-band air search radar
*MR-310U Angara (NATO:Head Net C) E/F-band 3D air/surface radar
*2 × Signaal ZW06 or Don Kay I-band navigation radars
*MR-103 GFCS Fire Control radar
*EL/M-2221 STGR Fire control radar (Barak SAM)
*MPZ-310 radar (SS-N-4 SAM)
|Ship EW=*Selenia INS-3 (Bharat Ajanta and Elettronica TQN-2) used for ESM/ECM
*''Decoys''
*2 × chaff/flare launchers
*1 × Graesby G738 towed torpedo decoy
|Ship armament=*4 × [[P-15 Termit|SS-N-2D Styx AShM]]
*24 × [[Barak 1]] SAM (3 × 8 cell VLS units)
*1 × [[AK-725]] twin-barreled 57 mm gun
*4 × [[AK-630]] 30 mm CIWS
*2 × triple {{convert|324|mm|in|abbr=on}} tubes (Whitehead A 244S or Indian NST 58 torpedoes)
|Ship armor=
|Ship aircraft= 2 × [[Westland Sea King|Sea King]], [[HAL Dhruv]] or [[HAL Chetak]] helicopters
|Ship aircraft facilities=
|Ship notes=
}}
|}
The '''''Godavari''-class frigates''' (formerly '''Type 16''' or '''Project 16''' frigates) were [[guided-missile frigate]]s of the [[Indian Navy]]. The ''Godavari'' class was the first significant indigenous warship design and development initiative of the Indian Navy. Its design is a modification of the {{sclass|Nilgiri|frigate|4||1972}} with a focus on indigenous content of 72%, a larger hull and updated armaments. The class and the lead ship, {{INS|Godavari|F20|6}} were named after the [[Godavari River]]. Subsequent ships in the class, {{INS|Ganga|F22|6}} and {{INS|Gomati|F21|6}} also took their names from [[Indian rivers]].

INS ''Gomati'' was the first Indian Navy vessel to have digital electronics in her combat data system. The ships combined Indian, Russian and Western weapons systems.<ref name=BR-Godavari>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/178-Godavari-Class.html |title=Godavari (Type 16) Class |work=Bharat-Rakshak.com |access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref>

==History==
The concept for the ''Godavari'' class originated from the lessons learnt in the [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1971]]. There was a need for a ship unique to Indian requirements, for deploying a hybrid of indigenously-designed, as well as Russian and European weapons systems. The keel of the lead ship INS ''Godavari'' was laid in 1978 at [[Mazagon Dock Limited]] in [[Bombay]]. She was commissioned in December 1983.

One of the requirements was to deploy two [[Westland Sea King|Sea King]] helicopters from the ship. The ''Nilgiri''-class vessels were too small for this requirement. The final design incorporated a larger hull in order to accommodate this.<ref name=GS-P16>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/f-godavari.htm |title=F 20 Godavari Class |publisher=globalsecurity.org |date=9 July 2011 |access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref> INS ''Godavari'' was decommissioned on 23 December 2015, and her [[Barak 1]] surface-to-air missile will be installed on the [[flagship]] {{INS|Vikramaditya}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/vikramaditya-to-be-fitted-with-barak-missiles/68184.html |title=Vikramaditya to be fitted with Barak missiles |publisher=www.tribuneindia.com/ |date=21 Apr 2015 |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/INS-Godavari-sets-sail-into-the-sunset-after-3-decades/articleshow/50259958.cms |title=INS Godavari sets sail into the sunset after three decades |publisher=Times of India |date=21 December 2015 |access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref> INS ''Ganga'' was retired from active service on 28 May 2017,<ref name="swansong">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/613543/ins-ganga-swansong-sortie.html |title=INS Ganga on swansong sortie |publisher=Deccan Herald |date=25 May 2017 |access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref> and was decommissioned on 22 March 2018.<ref name="Business Standard India">{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/navy-warship-ins-ganga-decommissioned-in-mumbai-118032201452_1.html|title=Navy warship INS Ganga decommissioned in Mumbai|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2018-03-22|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref> The last ship of its class, INS ''Gomati'', was decommissioned on 15 May 2022 after 34 years of service.<ref name="pride_Gomati"/>

==Design==
Although the Directorate of Marine Engineering suggested replacing steam propulsion with gas turbines, it was decided not to do so, since [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited]] and [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited]] had made heavy investments in facilities and tooling for design of steam turbines and auxiliary systems.<ref name=GS-P16/>

For armaments, the missile and gun package of the Soviet {{sclass2|Nanuchka|corvette}} was installed on the frigate.

== Ships of the class ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Pennant
!Builder
!Laid down
!Launched
!Commissioned
!Decommissioned
|-
| {{INS|Godavari|F20|2}}
| F20
| rowspan=3|[[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
| 3 November 1978<ref name="jni-23dec15">{{cite web|last1=Rahmat|first1=Ridzwan|title=India decommissions first Godavari-class frigate|url=http://www.janes.com/article/56850/india-decommissions-first-godavari-class-frigate|work=IHS Jane's Navy International|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307233537/http://www.janes.com/article/56850/india-decommissions-first-godavari-class-frigate|archive-date=7 March 2016|date=23 December 2022}}</ref>
| 15 May 1980
| 10 December 1983<ref name="jfs-0506">{{cite book|editor1-last=Saunders|editor1-first=Stephen|editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2005-2006|date=2005|publisher=Jane's Information Group|location=Coulsdon|isbn=0710626924|page=315|edition=108th|chapter=India}}</ref>
| 23 December 2015
|-
| {{INS|Ganga|F22|2}}
| F22
| 1980
| 21 October 1981
| 30 December 1985<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 22 March 2018<ref name="Business Standard India"/>
|-
| {{INS|Gomati|F21|2}}
| F21
| 1981
| 19 March 1984
| 16 April 1988<ref name="jfs-0506"/>
| style="text-align:center;" | 28 May 2022
|}

==Upgrades==
All three ships later underwent an extensive upgrade of weapons and sensors. These include the fitment of the Israeli Barak SAM system, and a new fire control system based on the EL/M-2221 STGR. The P-20 missiles have been retained for now.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:INS Godavari (F20)+INS Brahmaputra (F31)+INS Beas (F39).jpg|INS ''Godavari'' with {{INS|Brahmaputra|F31|6}} and {{INS|Beas|F37|6}} trailing during exercises with the US Navy.
File:INS Ganga (F22).jpg|[[INS Ganga (F22)]] during sea operations.
File:INS Gomati with Seaking heli operations.jpg|INS Gomati with Seaking helicopter operations.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of naval ship classes in service]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Godavari class frigate}}
{{Ship classes of the Indian Navy}}
{{Frigates_of_the_Indian_Navy}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Godavari Class Frigate}}
[[Category:Godavari-class frigates| ]]
[[Category:Frigate classes]]
[[Category:Ships built in India]]