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| Ship country = India<br />
| Ship flag = {{Shipboxflag|India}}<br />
| Ship name = INS ''Beas''<br />
| Ship owner = Government of India<br />
| Ship namesake = [[Beas River]]<br />
| Ship ordered = 1954<br />
| Ship builder = [[Vickers-Armstrongs]] Shipbuilders Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne<br />
| Ship laid down = 29 November 1956<br />
| Ship launched = 9 October 1958<br />
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| Ship completed= 24 May 1960<br />
| Ship decommissioned = 1988<br />
| Ship in service = 1960-1988<br />
| Ship out of service = 1988<br />
| Ship struck = 1988<br />
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| Ship fate = Scrapped 1992<br />
| Ship notes = First of two Leopard Class ships built for India and not transferred from [[Royal Navy]]<br />
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Leopard|frigate}}<br />
| Ship displacement =*{{convert|2300|LT|t|0|lk=in}} standard<br />
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| Ship length = {{convert|103.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[overall length|o/a]]<br />
| Ship beam = {{convert|12.2|m|ftin}}<br />
| Ship draught = {{convert|3.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<br />
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| Ship propulsion =*8 × Admiralty Standard Range ASR1 [[diesel engine|diesel]]s, {{convert|14400|shp|0|abbr=on}}, 2 shafts<br />
| Ship speed = {{convert|25|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}}<br />
| Ship range = {{convert|7500|nmi|abbr=on}}<br />
| Ship complement = 210<br />
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'''INS ''Beas''''' was a {{sclass|Leopard|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 [[Annexation of Goa|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.<br />
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==Construction and design==<br />
In 1954, the [[British Admiralty]] ordered the sixth anti-aircraft frigate of the {{sclass|Leopard|frigate|0}} for the Indian order as '''INS ''Beas'''''.<ref name=Conwaysp174>Gardiner, Robert ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995'', pub Conway Maritime Press, 1995, {{ISBN|0-85177-605-1}} page 174.</ref><br />
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==Service==<br />
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===1971 war===<br />
''Beas'' took part in amphibious landings at [[Cox's Bazar]] alongside her sister ship {{INS|Brahmaputra|1957|6}}, landing divers in advance of the landing and providing gunfire support to the landings.<ref name=Conwaysp174/><br />
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==References==<br />
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