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History |
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Name | INS Subhadra |
Namesake | Subhadra |
Commissioned | 25 January 1990 |
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 |
Sensors and processing systems |
- 1 × Racal Decca 2459 search radar
- 1 BEL 1245 navigation radar
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Armament | |
Aircraft carried | 1 HAL Chetak |
INS Subhadra (P51) is a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.[2]
INS Subhadra has been used as a test bed for the Dhanush ship-launched ballistic missile and associated stabilization and launch platform.[3]
Service history
Operation Sankalp
INS Subhadra played a crucial role in the rescue of 17 sailors from the former-MV Ruen as she, along with INS Kolkata, P-8I Neptune patrol aircraft, SeaGuardian drones and MARCOS Commandos air-dropped from an IAF C-17 Globemaster III .The ship managed to capture 35 pirates in a mammoth 40 hour operation about 700 miles from Indian Coastlines.[4][5][6][7]
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