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{{Short description|Retired Godavari-class frigate of the Indian Navy}}
{{other ships|INS Godavari}}
{{other ships|INS Godavari}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2015}}
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| country = India
| flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval-2014}}
| name = INS ''Godavari''
| namesake = [[Godavari River]]
| ordered =
| builder = [[Mazagon Dock Limited]]
| laid_down = 3 November 1978
| launched = 15 May 1980
| acquired =
| commissioned = 10 December 1983
| decommissioned = 23 December 2015
| in_service =
| out_of_service =
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| class = {{sclass|Godavari|frigate}}
| displacement = * 3,600 tons standard,
                  * 3,850 tons full load
| length = {{convert|126.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| beam = {{convert|14.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| draught = {{convert|4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| draft =
| propulsion = 2 turbines with {{convert|30000|hp|abbr=on}} motors; 2 × 550 psi boilers; 2 shafts
| speed = {{convert|27|kn|km/h|0}}
| range = {{convert|4500|mi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h|0}}
| complement = 313 (incl. 40 officers & 13 aircrew)
| 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
            *[[Bharat Electronics|BEL]] HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advanced Active cum Passive Integrated Sonar System |url=https://bel-india.in/product/advanced-active-cum-passive-integrated-sonar-system-humsa-ng/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=BEL |language=en-US |archive-date=23 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823141506/https://bel-india.in/product/advanced-active-cum-passive-integrated-sonar-system-humsa-ng/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| EW =
| armament = * 4 × [[P-15 Termit|P-20M (SS-N-2D Styx)]] [[AShM]]s in single-tube launchers
              * [[Barak SAM]] system
              * 1 x [[OTO Melara 76 mm]] gun (replaced 1 x 2 57 mm [[AK-725]] gun
              * 4 × [[AK-230]] 30&nbsp;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
| armour =
| aircraft = * 2 helicopters
              * [[Westland Sea King|Sea King Mk.42B]] or [[HAL Chetak]]
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|Ship country=India
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|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
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|Ship status= Awaiting disposal.<ref name="sunset"/>
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|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&nbsp;mm (twin) guns at 90° elevation
* 4 × [[AK-230]] 30&nbsp;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=
}}
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'''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>
'''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>
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===UNOSOM II===
===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>
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 [[Deepak-class oiler|INS Shakti]] 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==
==Incidents==
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==Fate==
==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>
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> In October 2020, the frigate was sunk as a target in the Arabian Sea by the corvette [[Veer-class corvette|INS Prabal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/watch-in-exercise-navy-ship-fires-missile-sinks-decommissioned-godavari-frigate-2314481|title=In Naval Exercises At Arabian Sea, Missile Sinks Old Ship|date=23 October 2020|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://inshorts.com/en/news/indian-navy-sinks-old-ship-with-missile-during-exercise-at-arabian-sea-1603436906753|title=Indian Navy sinks old ship with missile during exercise at Arabian Sea|date=23 October 2020|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1319480490676482048?utm_campaign=fullarticle&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=inshorts|title=The anti-ship missile (AShM) launched by Indian Navy Missile Corvette #INSPrabal, homes on with deadly accuracy at max range, sinking target ship: Indian Navy|date=23 October 2020|access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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For other ships with the same name, see INS Godavari.

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INS Godavari (F20) was the lead ship of her class of guided-missile frigates of the Indian Navy. Built by Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai, she was the first Indian warship to be indigenously designed and built.[1] She was commissioned on 10 December 1983, and decommissioned on 23 December 2015 after a 32-year career.[2][3]

History[edit | edit source]

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 -class frigates. 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.[4]

Operations[edit | edit source]

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.[1] The ship also visited New York harbour in July 1986 on the occasion of the bicentennial celebrations of the Statue of Liberty.

Operation Cactus[edit | edit source]

In 1988, following an attempted coup d'état against Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom by Sri Lankan mercenaries, India launched Operation Cactus to restore the democratically elected government. After Indian paratroopers restored the presidency, the mercenaries captured Maldivian hostages on board a freighter and fled towards Sri Lanka. INS Godavari and INS Betwa successfully intercepted the freighter, rescued the hostages and arrested the mercenaries off the Sri Lankan coast.[5]

UNOSOM II[edit | edit source]

While the 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 and INS Shakti were deployed to Mogadishu in December 1994 to support the withdrawal of the Indian Army's 66 Brigade, including the 2nd Battalion, Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry (2 JAKLI).[6]

Incidents[edit | edit source]

Pakistan Naval Ship Babur brushed with INS Godavari in June 2011 while escorting Egyptian ship MV Suez. This incident triggered a diplomatic row between India and Pakistan.[7]

Fate[edit | edit source]

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.[2] 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.[8] In October 2020, the frigate was sunk as a target in the Arabian Sea by the corvette INS Prabal.[9][10][11]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "India's first indigenously designed and built Frigate INS Godavari to be Decommissioned". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "INS Godavari sets sail into the sunset after three decades". The Times of India. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Bedi, Rahul (20 April 2015). "India launches first-of-class Project 15B destroyer". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "India's first indigenously designed and built Frigate INS Godavari to be Decommissioned". Indian Navy. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "India's first indigenously designed and built Frigate INS Godavari to be Decommissioned". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Somalia, 1992–1994". bharat-rakshak.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Row over MV Suez intensifies India to lodge formal protest with Pak Sources | NDTV/Home | News & Information Cell, India". Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  8. ↑ ""Godavari, 1st indigenously designed warship, calls it a day"". Brahmand.com. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "In Naval Exercises At Arabian Sea, Missile Sinks Old Ship". 23 October 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Indian Navy sinks old ship with missile during exercise at Arabian Sea". 23 October 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "The anti-ship missile (AShM) launched by Indian Navy Missile Corvette #INSPrabal, homes on with deadly accuracy at max range, sinking target ship: Indian Navy". 23 October 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

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