Bharati-class interceptor boat

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Coast Guard Interceptor boat C-154
Class overview
NameBharati-class interceptor craft
Builders Bharati Shipyard
Operators Indian Coast Guard
Built2009–present
In commission2013–present
Planned15
Building8
Completed7
Active6 [1]
General characteristics
TypeInterceptor boat
Displacement107 tonnes (105 long tons; 118 short tons)
Length27.6 m (90 ft 7 in)
Beam6.17 m (20 ft 3 in)
Draught1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)
Depth3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Caterpillar MTU Friedrichshafen Gmbh 1630KW engines
  • 2 × 69 kW 415 V 50 Hz AC
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement1 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]

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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$35 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 NoCommissionedHomeport
C-15422 February 2013Mumbai [5] [6]
C-15514 May 2015Karwar [7]
C-15612 March 2016Pipavav [8] [9]
C-15812 April 2016 [10] Goa
C-1615 January 2018 [11] Vadinar
C-16230 May 2018Vizhinjam [12]

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References

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  2. 1 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. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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