INS Savitri (P53)

	INS Savitri during sea deployment
History
Name:	INS Savitri
Builder:	Hindustan Shipyard Limited
Launched:	23 May 1989
Commissioned:	27 November 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;
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 Savitri (P53) is a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.[1] INS Savitri is undergoing refit/upgrade by Reliance Defence and Engineering as part of the Rs 300 crores, 3 naval warship refit deal the company won in 2016. The refit work is being carried out at its facility at Pipavav in Gujarat. Apart from INS Savitri, the two other warships to be refit are fleet tanker INS Deepak and Sandhayak class ship INS Jamuna.[2]

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Reliance Defence Bags Rs 300 Crore Naval Warship Rrefit Contract".

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