INS Suvarna (P52)

	INS Suvarna
History
India
Name:	INS Suvarna
Launched:	22 August 1990
Commissioned:	4 April 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

INS Suvarna (P52) is a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.^[1]

INS Suvarna has been modified for use as a test bed for the launch of the ship-based Dhanush short-range ballistic missile.

On 19 April 2021, INS Suvarna, while on a surveillance patrol in the Arabian Sea, seized narcotics worth ₹3000 crore being transported on a fishing vessel.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Sukanya Class, Saryu Class, Karwar Class - Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
↑ Manjeet Negi (19 April 2021). "Indian Navy ship seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 crore from fishing vessel in Arabian Sea". India Today. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
↑ "Mega bust: Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth over Rs 3,000 crore in Arabian Sea". The Week. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
↑ "Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 cr from fishing vessel in Arabian Sea". ZEE5 News. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
↑ "Indian Navy ship seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 cr in Arabian Sea: Govt sources". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
↑ "Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 crore from fishing vessel". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
↑ "Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 cr from fishing vessel in Arabian Sea". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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[in-sukanya-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Sukanya Class, Saryu Class, Karwar Class - Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 16 February 2017.

[2] Manjeet Negi (19 April 2021). "Indian Navy ship seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 crore from fishing vessel in Arabian Sea". India Today. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[3] "Mega bust: Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth over Rs 3,000 crore in Arabian Sea". The Week. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[4] "Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 cr from fishing vessel in Arabian Sea". ZEE5 News. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[5] "Indian Navy ship seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 cr in Arabian Sea: Govt sources". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[6] "Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 crore from fishing vessel". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[7] "Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 cr from fishing vessel in Arabian Sea". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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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