Bharati-class interceptor boat

Coast Guard Interceptor boat C-154
Class overview
Name	Bharati-class interceptor craft
Builders	Bharati Shipyard
Operators	Indian Coast Guard
Preceded by	AMPL-class interceptor boat
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	2 × Caterpillar MTU Friedrichshafen Gmbh 1630KW engines 2 × 69 kW 415 V 50 Hz AC
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

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$32 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

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

• Cochin Fast Patrol Vessels
• L&T fast interceptor craft
• ABG fast interceptor craft
• Swallow Craft Class
• AMPL Class

References

1. Market, Capital (16 November 2017). "Bharati Defence and Infrastructure delivers vessel to Indian Coast Guard". Business Standard India.
2. IR Class ship info Archived 21 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
3. "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.
4. "New interceptor boat joins Coast Guard". The Hindu. 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
5. "Nirmal New Online". 22 February 2013. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016.
6. "New interceptor boat joins Coast Guard". The Hindu. 22 February 2013. ISSN   0971-751X. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013.
7. "Coast Guard commissions four boats at Porbandar". timesofindia-economictimes. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "Coast Guard interceptor boat commissioned". indiatoday.intoday.in. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
11. "Indian Coast Guard Ship C-161 commissioned in Porbandar". aninews.in. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
12. "Coast Guard ship commissioned". The Hindu. 29 May 2018. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 30 May 2018.

External links

• Rs 281 Crore defence vessel order to Bharati Shipyard