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 |
Displacement: | 1,890 tons (full load) |
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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Aircraft carried: | 1 HAL Chetak |
INS Suvarna (P52) is a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.
INS Suvarna has been modified for use as a test bed for the launch of the ship-based Dhanush short-range ballistic missile.