- INS Brahmaputra is the first of the indigenously built ‘Brahmaputra’ class-guided missile frigate. It was commissioned into the Indian Navy in April 2000.
- The ship has a displacement of 5,300 tonnes, a length of 125 metres, a beam of 14.4 metres and is capable of speed of more than 27 knots. The ship is manned by a crew of 40 officers and 330 sailors.
- The ship is fitted with medium-range, close range and anti-aircraft guns, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles and torpedo launchers.
- The ship has a wide array of sensors covering all facets of maritime warfare and is capable of operating Seaking and Chetak helicopters.
- The ship’s name ‘Brahmaputra’ has been derived from the famous river which flows through Assam. The ship’s crest depicts a grey, one-horned Indian rhinoceros on a brown background over white and blue sea waves.
