INS Subhadra (P51)

History
Name:	INS Subhadra
Commissioned:	25 January 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 Subhadra (P51) is a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.[2]

INS Subhadra has been used as a test bed for the Dhanush ship-launched ballistic missile and associated stabilization and launch platform.[3]

References

"Indian Naval Ships-OPV-Sukanya Class". Indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
Indian Naval Ships-OPV-Sukanya Class Archived 2009-06-19 at the Wayback Machine, indiannavy.nic.in, 2011-10-20
India test fires ship-based nuclear-capable missile, SpaceDaily.com, 25 November 2015

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