Godavari-class frigate

	INS Godavari
Class overview
Name	Godavari class
Builders	Mazagon Dock Limited
Operators	Indian Navy
Preceded by	Nilgiri class
Succeeded by	Brahmaputra class
Built	1978 – 1988
In commission	1983 – 2022
Planned	3
Completed	3
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile frigate
Displacement	3,600 tonnes (standard); 3,850 tonnes (full load);
Length	126.5 m (415 ft 0 in)
Beam	14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 38.7 kg/cm2 (550 psi); 2 × steam turbines 30,000 hp (22,400 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	313 (incl. 40 officers, 13 air crew)
Sensors and ; processing systems	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);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Selenia INS-3 (Bharat Ajanta and Elettronica TQN-2) used for ESM/ECM; Decoys; 2 × chaff/flare launchers; 1 × Graesby G738 towed torpedo decoy;
Armament	4 × SS-N-2D Styx AShM; 24 × Barak 1 SAM (3 × 8 cell VLS units); 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun (replaced AK-725 twin-barreled 57 mm gun); 4 × AK-630 30 mm CIWS; 2 × triple 324 mm (12.8 in) tubes (Whitehead A 244S or Indian NST 58 torpedoes);
Aircraft carried	2 × Sea King, HAL Dhruv or HAL Chetak helicopters

The Godavari-class frigates (formerly Type 16 or Project 16 frigates) were guided-missile frigates 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 Nilgiri class with a focus on indigenous content of 72%, a larger hull and updated armaments. The class and the lead ship, INS Godavari were named after the Godavari River. Subsequent ships in the class, INS Ganga and INS Gomati 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.

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