F-21 Gomati

Country:  India

Class, [Type]: Godavari, [FF].

Builder: Mazagon Docks, Mumbai, India.

Launch date: 20 March 1984.

Commission date: 16 April 1988.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.700, 4.300 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 125,6 x 14,4 x 4,05

Main machinery: 2 x Bhopal Eng. geared steam turbines ( 31.000hp ), 2 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 x propellers.

Speed ( knots ): 29.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 12 knots.

Complement: accomodation for 362. 313 ( 51 officers ).

Guns: 1 x twin 57mm/70 AK-257, 4 x twin 30mm/65 AK-230.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x P-20/21 Termit (SS-N-2C Styx); SAM: 1 x 2-rail Osa-ME launcher (SA-N-4), 20 x 9M-33M Gecko missiles.

Torpedoes: 2 x triple 324mm ILAS-3 launchers, WASS A-244S or NST-58 torpedoes.

Military lift: 91tm water, 438tm fuel.

Radar: Surface Search: 2 x Thales-Bharat ZW-06A; Air/Surface Search: 1 x MR-310U Angara-M (Head Net-C), 1 x Bharat RALW-02; Fire Control: 1 x MPZ-310 (Pop Group) for the SAM, 1 x MR-103 Bars (Muff Cob) for 57mm gun, 2 x MR-104 Rys’ (Drum Tilt) for 30mm guns.

Sonar: Bharat-Thales TSM-2630 Spherion, hull-mounted, medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x 24-round Wallop/Grintek Ultrabarricade decoy launchers, 1 x Graseby G 738 towed torpedo decoy; ECM: Bharat Ajanta (intercept).

Helicopter: 1 x Chetak or Sea King Mk 42B.

Comment: Hangar sized for two helicopters.