| Name: | BETWA |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Keel: | 29/05/1957 |
| Launched: | 15/09/1959 |
| Completed: | 08/12/1960 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 163 |
| Dimensions: | 2251disp - 2515disp, 320.0 x 40.0 x 16.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 8 x Oil engines, ASR1 type, 12380bhp |
| Engines by: | British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 25.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.5ins, 1 x 2 x 40mm, 1 x 1 x 40mm guns; |
| 1 x Squid AS mortar | |
| History: | |
| 08/12/1960 | Government of India |
| 1988 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A Type 41 Air Defence Frigate |
| Allocated Pennant F139 and later F39 | |
| 1981: Aft twin gun mount removed & replaced by extra deckhouse | |
| 1981: Re-allocated as a Cadet Training Ship |
Above: Outfitting at Walker. Photo is copyright of Ron Mapplebeck
Above: In original configuration. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above: In original configuration. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above: from the top, BEAS, BRAHMAPUTRA and BETWA. After modification
Above: BETWA after modification. Photo is copyright Dave Swindell