INS Sharada (P55)

Career
Name:	INS Sharada
Builder:	Hindustan Shipyard Limited
Launched:	22 August 1990
Commissioned:	27 October 1991
Status:	in active service, as of 2015
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
Sensors and processing systems:	1 x Racal Decca 2459 search radar 1 BEL 1245 navigation radar
Armament:	1 x 40 mm, 60-cal Bofors anti-aircraft gun 2 x 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 Sharada (P55) is a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.^[1]

References

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