_in_Androth_and_Agatti_Islands.jpg.webp) INS Sharada (P55) in Androth and Agatti Island | |
| History | |
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 India | |
| Name | INS Sharada |
| Builder | Hindustan Shipyard Limited |
| Launched | 22 August 1990 |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1991 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sukanya class patrol vessel[1] |
| Displacement | 1,890 tons (full load)[1] |
| Length | 101 metres |
| Beam | 11.5 metres |
| Propulsion | 2 × diesel engines, 12,800 bhp (9,540 kW), 2 shafts |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Range | 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 70 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 HAL Chetak |
INS Sharada (P55) is a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.[1]
Operations
On 17 May 2017, the ship rescued a Liberian registered merchant vessel, MV Mountbatten, from pirates while on patrol in the gulf of Aden.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Indian Navy rescues merchant vessel from pirates in Gulf of Aden". Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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