INS Sukanya (P50)
INS Sukanya
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Name | INS Sukanya |
Namesake | Sukanya |
Commissioned | 31 August 1989 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | patrol vessel |
Displacement | 1,890 tons (full load)[1] |
Length | 101 m (331 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) |
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 |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 HAL Chetak |
Notes | Two onboard desalination plants to produce 20 tonnes of fresh water daily |
INS Sukanya is the lead vessel of the
Sanatan Dharma, Sukanya was the daughter of Shryayati, son of Vaivasvata Manu and the wife of the great sage Chyavana
. It was commissioned into service on 31 August 1989.
Service history
In 2006, INS Sukanya served as the Presidential yacht for the 2006 Naval Fleet Review.[2] In February 2010, Sukanya escorted the Maldivian Coast Guard vessel Huravee home via Colombo, Sri Lanka. Huravee was returning home after a refit in India.
On 20 and 24 September 2011,
grapnels used by pirates to board merchant vessels were recovered. The boat was carrying a large quantity of fuel and LPG
cylinders, in addition to communication and navigation equipment. This was the fourth time INS Sukanya thwarted a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden. On 11 November 2011, Sukanya again thwarted piracy attempts near the Gulf of Aden.
In December 2014, a fire damaged the only de-salination plant in Maldives plunging it into a severe water crisis. On 4 December 2014, Sukanya led by Commander M. Dorai Babu, NM, while patrolling off Kochi, was immediately diverted to Maldives. The ship had two de-salination plants on board with capacity to produce 20 tonnes of fresh water daily which were used to avert the water crisis.[3][4]
References
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- ^ a b "Surface Ships of Indian Navy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ^ "PFR 2006". Archived from the original on 6 July 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2006.
- ^ "Indian Navy the First to Respond in Maldivian Crisis". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Here's how Indian Navy is helping water crisis-hit Maldives". The Economic Times. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2016.