| Class overview | |
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| Name | Arga class |
| Operators |  Indian Navy |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tugboat |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 239.48 tonnes |
| Length | 22.8 m (74 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 7.42 m (24 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 2.35 m (7 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | 850 hp (630 kW) Caterpillar Kirloskar engines |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
The Arga class of tugboats are a series of six service watercraft being built by Tebma Shipyard Limited (a subsidiary of Bharati Shipyard Ltd) in Malpe, for the Indian Navy.
Each vessel in the series is 22.8 meters (74 ft 10 in) long and 7.42 meters (24 ft 4 in) wide with a draft forward (bow) of 2.35 meters (7 ft 9 in). Each tug has a capacity of 10 tonnes bollard pull at 85 per cent maximum continuous rating (MCR), speed of 12 knots at 85 per cent MCR and is fitted with two 850- horsepower (630 kW) Caterpillar Kirloskar engines, coupled to two steerable rudder propellers of 1,350 mm (53 in) diameter. The vessels have two auxiliary electrical generation plant of 60 kW each and are fitted with a sewage treatment plant. They have been designed by M/s Ska Marine, Chennai. [1] INS Arga and INS Bali are named after the coastal villages of Karwar District and both were inducted into the service by Rear Admiral Atul Kumar Jain.
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 INS Bali induction |
| Yard number [1] | IR number | IMO number | Ship name | Launch date | Commissioning date | Home port |
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| 145 | 41949 | 9600231 | INS Arga | 1 August 2012 | INS Kadamba, Karwar | |
| 146 | 41951 | 9600243 | INS Bali | 11 September 2012 | 28 September 2012 | INS Kadamba, Karwar |
| 147 | 41963 | 9600255 | INS Anup | 11 September 2012 | 28 September 2012 | INS Kadamba. Karwar |
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