INS Sumedha
 INS Sumedha during commissioning ceremony | |
| History | |
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 India
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| Name: | INS Sumedha |
| Operator: |
Indian Navy |
| Builder: | Goa Shipyard Limited |
| Launched: | 21 May 2011 |
| Completed: | 15 January 2014 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2016 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Saryu class patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 2,200 tonnes (2,200 long tons; 2,400 short tons) |
| Length: | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Two KOEL/Pielstick Diesel engines |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | Eight officers and 108 sailors |
| Armament: |
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INS Sumedha (P58) is the third Saryu class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy, designed and constructed indigenously by the Goa Shipyard Limited.[2][3] It is designed to undertake fleet support operations, coastal and offshore patrolling, ocean surveillance and monitoring of sea lines of communications and offshore assets and escort duties.[4][5]
Construction
The Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel INS Sumedha was launched at Goa Shipyard on 21 May 2011,[6] and was handed over to the Indian Navy on 11 March 2014.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "INS Sunayna to Extend SNC’s Reach". Press Information Bureau. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ↑ "Goa Shipyard Limited touches 200 mark, largest NOPV handed over to Navy". The Times of India. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "Third OPV Joins Indian Navy". Naval Today. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "INS Sunayna commissioned to enhance Indian navy’s prowess". The Indian Express. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ↑ "Goa Shipyard Ltd delivers offshore patrol vessel to Navy". Business Standard. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ↑ "Hon’ble Raksha Mantri to Commission GSL Modernisation Project". Goashipyard.co.in. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ↑ "Indian Navy Commissions third Saryu class Offshore Patrol Vessel INS “SUMEDHA”". March 11, 2014.
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