INS Suvarna (P52)

History
INS Suvarna

Name:	INS Suvarna
Launched:	22 August 1990
Commissioned:	4 April 1991
Status:	in active service, as of 2016
General characteristics
Class & 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

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.

References

1 2 3 http://indiannavy.nic.in/opv_sukanya.htm

Ship classes of the Indian Navy

Attack	Charlie ⁺ Akula-II Indian SSN ^*

Ballistic Missile	Arihant ^*

Conventional submarines

Midget submarines

Indian Navy Swimmer Delivery Vehicle ^*

Amphibious warfare ships

Research and survey vessels

Patrol craft

Minesweeper

Pondicherry

⁺ Decommissioned
^* Under construction/procurement
^** Proposed/Design phase
List of active Indian Navy ships
Submarines of the Indian Navy
List of ships of the Indian Navy

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