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INS Subhadra (P51)
INS Subhadra (P51) is a Sukanya class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.[2] Since her commissioning, she has been under the operational command of Flag Officer Commanding Westen Fleet Western Fleet (India) (FOCWF). The ship has changed its base port to Karwar, Karnataka in Mar 2012 from Mumbai. During the operational service, the ship has evolved in two major roles – Strategic and Conventional.
HistoryThe ship’s name is rechristened from the old Subhadra, a patrol craft which was commissioned on 20 Oct 1957 and served the Indian Navy well till her decommissioning on 15 Jan 1974. Indian Naval Ship Subhadra is the second of the three Sukanya Class ships built by M/s Korea Tacoma Marine Industries at Masan. She originally was an Ulsan class ship. The Ulsan class ship were multipurpose frigates with varied capabilities for Anti-Submarine warfare, Anti-Surface warfare and Anti-Air warfare. Service historyOperation SankalpINS Subhadra played a crucial role in the rescue of 17 sailors from the former-MV Ruen as she, along with INS Kolkata, P-8I Neptune patrol aircraft, SeaGuardian drones and MARCOS Commandos air-dropped from an IAF C-17 Globemaster III .The ship managed to capture 35 pirates in a mammoth 40 hour operation about 700 miles from Indian Coastlines.[4][5][6][7] References Wikimedia Commons has media related to INS Subhadra (P51).
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