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History

India
Name	INS Gomati
Namesake	Gomti River
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Launched	19 March 1984
Commissioned	16 April 1988
Decommissioned	28 May 2022
Fate	Museum ship (to be dismantled and displayed in Lucknow)
General characteristics
Class and type	Godavari-class frigate
Displacement	3,600 long tons (3,658 t) standard 3,860 long tons (3,922 t) full load
Length	126.4 m (415 ft)
Beam	14.5 m (48 ft)
Draught	4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion	2 turbines with 30,000 hp motors; 2 550 psi boilers; 2 shafts
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	4,500 mi (7,200 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	313 (incl. 40 officers & 13 aircrew)
Sensors and processing systems	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 BEL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array)
Armament	4 × P-20M anti-ship missiles 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 mm gunmounts with 85° elevation (in CIWS role only) 6 × 324 mm ILAS 3 torpedo tubes with Whitehead A244-S or NST 58 anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried	2 helicopters Sea King Mk.42B or HAL Chetak

INS Gomati (F21) was a Godavari-class guided-missile frigate of Indian Navy.

Career

The ship was built by Mazagon Dock Ltd in Mumbai and has an indigenous content of 72%. After her mid-life upgrade in 2011, the ship has been fitted with new weapons and sensors, which include the Barak surface-to-air missile system, an Oto Melara 76 mm gun, HUMSA sonar and Advanced Ship Control System for UAVs. On March 28, 2019, an Indian Navy personnel onboard INS Gomati died during weapons firing drills at sea. Gomati was decommissioned on 28 May 2022 after 34 years of service. The ship will be formally transferred to the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 28 May 2022, following which it will be completely dismantled and transported to Lucknow where it will be installed as the "Gomati Shaurya Smarak," a museum of Gomati's service career.

References

"Advanced Active cum Passive Integrated Sonar System". BEL. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
Cmde Saunders RN, Stephen (2016). IHS Janes Fighting Ship 2016-17. UK: IHS Global Limited. p. 349. ISBN 9780710631855.
"Indian sailor dies during firing drills on Godavari-class frigate". IHS Jane's 360. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
Chauhan, Arvind (28 May 2022). "1st Indian ship to blend West, USSR techs". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
"Navy Shaurya Smarak to be set up in Lucknow". UNI. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

v t e Godavari-class frigates
Godavari Ganga Gomati
Preceded by: Nilgiri class Followed by: Brahmaputra class
List of frigates of the Indian Navy

Frigates of the Indian Navy

Commissioned ships

Shivalik class	Shivalik Satpura Sahyadri
Talwar class	Talwar (F40) Trishul (F43) Tabar Teg Tarkash Trikand Tushil
Brahmaputra class	Brahmaputra (1994) Betwa (F39) Beas (F37)

Decommissioned ships

Frigates

River class	HMIS Neza HMIS Dhanush HMIS Shamsher HMIS Kukri HMIS Hooghly HMIS Tir
Blackwood class	Khukri Kirpan Kuthar
Whitby class	Talwar (F140) Trishul (F143)
Leopard class	Brahmaputra (1957) Beas (1958) Betwa (1959)
Nilgiri class	Nilgiri Himgiri Udaygiri Dunagiri Vindhyagiri Taragiri
Leander class	Krishna
Godavari class	Godavari Ganga Gomati

Sloops

Anchusa class	HMIS Elphinstone
P class	HMIS Baluchi HMIS Pathan
Grimsby class	HMIS Indus
Aubrietia class	HMIS Cornwallis
Black Swan class	HMIS Narbada HMIS Godavari HMIS Cauvery HMIS Sutlej HMIS Jumna HMIS Kistna
Hastings class	HMIS Hindustan
Other sloops	HMIS Clive HMIS Lawrence

Future ships

Nilgiri class	INS Nilgiri INS Udaygiri INS Taragiri INS Mahendragiri INS Himgiri INS Dunagiri INS Vindhyagiri
Project 17B class	7-8 ships

Footnotes

Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Dhanush.
Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Shamsher.
Renamed as INS Kukri post republic.
Renamed as INS Hooghly post republic.
Renamed as INS Tir post republic.
Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978.
Transferred to Indian Coast Guard in 1978.
Later reclassified as frigates
Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Jhelum.
Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Sind.
Renamed as INS Kaveri post republic.
Renamed as INS Sutlej post republic.
Renamed as INS Jumuna post republic.
Renamed as INS Krisna post republic.
Transferred to Pakistan post-partition and served as PNS Karsaz.

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