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 Coast Guard Interceptor boat C-154 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bharati-class interceptor craft |
| Builders | Bharati Shipyard |
| Operators | Indian Coast Guard |
| Built | 2009–present |
| In commission | 2013–present |
| Planned | 15 |
| Building | 8 |
| Completed | 7 |
| Active | 6[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Interceptor boat |
| Displacement | 107 tonnes (105 long tons; 118 short tons) |
| Length | 27.6 m (90 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 6.17 m (20 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
| Depth | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 1 officer and 12 enlisted |
Bharati-class of interceptor boats are a series of fifteen watercraft being built by Bharati Shipyard for the Indian Coast Guard.[2]
Description
[edit]The vessels in the series have an aluminium hull, and have a length of 28 meters, with beam of 6 meters and draught of 1.2 meters.[2] They are powered by twin MTU Caterpillar engines having capacity of 1630 kW each. They have Articulate Surface Piercing Propulsion and can attain a speed of more than 35 knots. The vessels can perform high-speed interception, close-coast patrol, low-intensity maritime operations, search-and-rescue and surveillance. They have a complement of one officer and 12 sailors. They are being constructed as per a ₹2.81 billion (US$34 million) contract signed with the Ministry of Defence, which was announced on 6 March 2009.[3]
The first Bharati-class interceptor boat has IRS no. 40567 and its pennant no. is C-154. It was commissioned in Mumbai on 22 February 2013 in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Secretary J.K. Banthia and S.P.S. Basra, Inspector General (IG), Coast Guard Region (West).[4] It was constructed by Bharati shipyards units at Vasco Da Gama.[citation needed]
Ships of the class
[edit]| Pennant No | Commissioned | Homeport |
|---|---|---|
| C-154 | 22 February 2013 | Mumbai[5][6] |
| C-155 | 14 May 2015 | Karwar[7] |
| C-156 | 12 March 2016 | Pipavav[8][9] |
| C-158 | 12 April 2016[10] | Goa |
| C-161 | 5 January 2018[11] | Vadinar |
| C-162 | 30 May 2018 | Vizhinjam[12] |
See also
[edit]- Cochin Fast Patrol Vessels
- L&T fast interceptor craft
- ABG fast interceptor craft
- Swallow Craft Class
- AMPL Class
References
[edit]- ^ Market, Capital (16 November 2017). "Bharati Defence and Infrastructure delivers vessel to Indian Coast Guard". Business Standard India.
- ^ a b IR Class ship info Archived 21 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bharati Shipyard bags Rs 281 cr defence contract". Business Standard. 6 March 2009. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "New interceptor boat joins Coast Guard". The Hindu. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Nirmal New Online". 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016.
- ^ "New interceptor boat joins Coast Guard". The Hindu. 22 February 2013. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013.
- ^ "Coast Guard commissions four boats at Porbandar". timesofindia-economictimes. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "Indian Coast Guard commissions new vessel at Porbandar". The Indian Express. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Indian Coast Guard Ship C- 156 commissioned at Porbandar". DeshGujarat. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Coast Guard interceptor boat commissioned". indiatoday.intoday.in. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ "Indian Coast Guard Ship C-161 commissioned in Porbandar". aninews.in. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Coast Guard ship commissioned". The Hindu. 29 May 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 May 2018.