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INS Sharada (P55)
_in_Androth_and_Agatti_Islands.jpg) INS Sharada (P55) in Androth and Agatti Island
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 India
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| Name: | INS Sharada |
| Builder: | Hindustan Shipyard Limited |
| Launched: | 22 August 1990 |
| Commissioned: | 27 October 1991 |
| Status: | in active service |
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| 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ↑ 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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