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History

INS Suvarna in 2025




India
Name	INS Suvarna
Launched	22 August 1990
Commissioned	4 April 1991
Status	Active


General characteristics
Class & 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 & 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 Suvarna (P52) is a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.^[1]

INS Suvarna has been modified for use as a test bed for the launch of the ship-based Dhanush short-range ballistic missile.^[2]

On 19 April 2021, INS Suvarna, while on a surveillance patrol in the Arabian Sea, seized narcotics worth ₹3000 crore being transported on a fishing vessel.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Gallery

INS Suvarna (P52) in 2013 equipped with its Dhanush missile launcher on the helicopter deck

References

"Sukanya Class, Saryu Class, Karwar Class - Indian Navy". indiannavy.nic.in. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
Korda, Matt (13 August 2024). "Hot-Launch Yoga: Cobra Pose Reveals Nuke Repose". Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
Manjeet Negi (19 April 2021). "Indian Navy ship seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 crore from fishing vessel in Arabian Sea". India Today. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
"Mega bust: Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth over Rs 3,000 crore in Arabian Sea". The Week. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
"Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 cr from fishing vessel in Arabian Sea". ZEE5 News. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
"Indian Navy ship seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 cr in Arabian Sea: Govt sources". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
"Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 crore from fishing vessel". The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
"Indian Navy seizes narcotics worth Rs 3,000 cr from fishing vessel in Arabian Sea". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.