INS Suvarna
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Name | INS Suvarna |
Launched | 22 August 1990 |
Commissioned | 4 April 1991 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
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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Armament |
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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]