INS Sharada (P55)

	INS Sharada (P55) in Androth and Agatti Island
History
India
Name	INS Sharada
Builder	Hindustan Shipyard Limited
Launched	22 August 1990
Commissioned	27 October 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
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 Sharada (P55) is a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.^[1]

Operations[]

On 17 May 2017, the ship rescued a Liberian registered merchant vessel, MV Mountbatten, from pirates while on patrol in the gulf of Aden.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Indian Navy rescues merchant vessel from pirates in Gulf of Aden". Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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v t Sukanya-class patrol vessels
Indian Navy	Sukanya Subhadra Suvarna Savitri Sarayu Sharada Sujata
Sri Lanka Navy	Sayura (ex-Sarayu)
Preceded by: None Followed by: Saryu class
Patrol vessels of the Indian Navy