INS Sharada (P55)

INS Sharada (P55) is a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.[1]

INS Sharada (P55)
History
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
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • 1 × Racal Decca 2459 search radar
  • 1 BEL 1245 navigation radar
Armament:
  • 1 × 40 mm, 60-cal Bofors anti-aircraft gun
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
  • P51 added: 1 Dhanush ballistic missile
  • P55 added: 2 x 25 mm, 80-cal anti-aircraft guns
Aircraft carried: 1 HAL Chetak

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Indian Navy rescues merchant vessel from pirates in Gulf of Aden". Retrieved 17 May 2017.


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