INS Sharada (P55)

	INS Sharada (P55) in Androth and Agatti Island
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
Displacement:	1,890 tons (full load)
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

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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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "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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[in-sukanya-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2009.{{cite web}}: 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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v t e -class patrol vessels
Indian Navy	Sukanya Subhadra Suvarna Savitri Sarayu Sharada Sujata
Sri Lanka Navy	Sayura (ex-Sarayu)
Preceded by: None Followed by: class
Patrol vessels of the Indian Navy