INS Savitri (P53)

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
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 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 2 other warships to be refit are fleet tanker INS Deepak and Sandhayak class ship INS Jamuna.^[2]

References

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^ "Reliance Defence Bags Rs 300 Crore Naval Warship Rrefit Contract".

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