INS Sutlej (J17)

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History
India
Name	INS Sutlej
Namesake	Sutlej River
Builder	Goa Shipyard Limited
Launched	1 December 1991
Commissioned	19 February 1993
Identification	IMO number: 9012020 Hull number: J17
Status	in active service
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Sandhayak-class survey ship
Displacement	1,929 long tons (1,960 t) full
Length	87.8 m (288 ft 1 in)
Beam	12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draft	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) 14,000 nmi (26,000 km; 16,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	18 officers + 160 enlisted
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun
Aircraft carried	1 × HAL Chetak helicopter
Aviation facilities	Helipad

INS Sutlej (J17) is a hydrographic survey ship of the Sandhayak class in the Indian Navy, under the Southern Naval Command. Like other ships of the same class, this ship is also equipped with an Operating Theater and associated equipment needed to attend to medical emergencies at sea.^{[2] [3]}