INS Sutlej (J17)
ship built in 1993
INS Sutlej (J17) is a hydrographic survey ship in the Indian Navy, under the Southern Naval Command. Like other ships of the Sandhayak class, the ship is equipped with an Operating Theater and necessary equipment to attend to medical emergencies at sea.
History
The ship was built by Goa Shipyard Limited and commissioned into service at Kochi Naval Base on 19 February 1993. The INS Sutlej was named after the HMIS Sutlej, the Black Swan-class sloop, which served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II.
The Sutlej is powered by two diesel engines and is capable of sustaining high speeds. It is equipped with a range of surveying, navigational, and communication systems. Its surveying systems include the multi-beam swath echo sounding system, differential GPS, motion sensors, sea gravimeter, magnetometer oceanographic sensors, side scan sonars, and an automated data logging system. These are designed to meet the stringent ISO 9002 international digital survey accuracy standards required for the production of electronic navigation charts and publications. A medium refit of the ship was completed from 2010 to 2012 at Cochin Shipyard, and from 2019 to March 2021.
The Sutlej was the first ship to enter the newly-built harbor of Karwar Naval Base in 2004. It has won several honors, including the Best Ship 2022–23, Best Survey Ship 2022–23, unit citation 2021, and Best Ship 2024–25.
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