Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel

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INS Tarmugli (T91) near Visakhapatnam port.
Class overview
NameCar Nicobar class
Builders Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
OperatorsNaval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy
Preceded by Bangaram class
Succeeded by NGFAC Class
Cost₹500 million (US$6.0 million)
Built2007–2017
In commission2009-present
Planned14
Completed14
Active
Retired0
General characteristics
Type Fast attack craft
Displacement
  • Fleet I: 293 t (288 long tons; 323 short tons) [1]
  • Fleet II: 315 t (310 long tons; 347 short tons) [2]
Length48.9 m (160 ft 5 in) [1]
Beam7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) [1]
Draught2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) [1]
Propulsion
  • 3 × MTU 16V 4000 M90 diesel engines, 11,238 PS (8,266 kW)
  • 3 × Hamilton HM811 waterjets [1]
Speed35  kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) [1]
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) [1]
Crew29 including 6 officers [1]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Navigation radar
  • LINK II tactical datalink and satellite communication (SATCOM) to Rukmani [2]
  • Surface search radar [1]
Armament

The Car Nicobar class of high-speed offshore patrol vessels are built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) for the Indian Navy. The vessels are designed as a cost-effective platform for patrol, anti-piracy and rescue operations in India's exclusive economic zone. In 2023, one of the ships, INS Tarmugli, was donated to the Maldivian Coast Guard. [3] [4]

Contents

The class and its vessels are named for Indian islands. They are the first water jet-propelled vessels of the Indian Navy. [5]

Unlike the United States Coast Guard's similarly sized Sentinel class cutters, the class is propelled by water jets, at up to 35 knots (65 km/h), where the American patrol vessels conventional propulsion systems maximum stated speed is 28 knots (52 km/h). Both classes have a mission endurance of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km).

INS Kalpeni (T-75) visited the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka from 19 to 21 October 2024 as a part of Operational Turnaround. The ship with a 70-member was commanded by Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Sunil S Kothari. [6]

Design

The Car Nicobar-class vessels were designed and built by GRSE. Production of the class was fast tracked after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The vessels feature improved habitability with fully air-conditioned modular accommodation, on board reverse osmosis plant for desalination, and a sewage treatment plant. [5] [7]

The vessels are each powered by three HamiltonJet HM811 water jets, coupled with MTU 16V 4000 M90 engines, delivering a combined 8,160 kW (10,940 hp) of power. An aluminium superstructure reduces weight and is designed to reduce radar cross-section.

As patrol vessels, they are lightly armed. They carry various sensors, including the Furuno navigation radar and sonar. Armament on board includes a 30 mm CRN-91 automatic cannon with an electronic day-night fire control system of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) origin. The vessels also mount two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (HMG) and multiple medium machine guns, besides carrying shoulder-launched Igla surface-to-air missiles to combat aerial threats.

The first two vessels commissioned were initially restricted to speeds up to 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) due to deficiency in the gearboxes, which was later rectified by KPCL. INS Kabra, the eighth in the class, has a top speed of more than 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). The improved maneuverability and speed allows these vessels to have high-speed interdiction of fast-moving targets. [8]

The last four ships are an improved variant of the Car Nicobar-class patrol boats and have been dubbed 'follow on waterjet fast attack craft' (FOWJFAC) by the Indian Navy. Improvements include an enhanced electrical power generation capacity of 280 kW and twice the reverse osmosis (RO) capacity at 4 tonnes per day. [2]

Ships in the class

Yard No.NamePennant numberBuilderLaunchedCommissionedHomeportStatus
Naval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy
Fleet I
2057Car NicobarT6923 November 200716 February 2009 Chennai Active
2058ChetlatT7027 November 200716 February 2009ChennaiActive [9]
2059Cora Divh [10] T7116 July 200810 September 2009 Port Blair Active
2060CheriyamT7216 July 200810 September 2009 Port Blair Active [11]
2061CankarsoT7327 March 200929 June 2010 Goa Active [12]
2062KondulT7427 March 200929 June 2010GoaActive
2063KalpeniT7527 March 200914 October 2010 Kochi Active
2064 Kabra T7629 March 2010 [13] 8 June 2011 [14] KochiActive
2065KoswariT7729 March 201012 July 2011 [15] KarwarActive
2066KaruvaT7829 March 201025 August 2011Port BlairActive [16]
Fleet II: FOWJFAC [2]
2110 Tillanchang T9230 June 20159 March 2017 [17] KarwarActive
2111 Tihayu T9330 June 201519 October 2016 [18] VisakhapatnamActive
2112 Tarasa T9430 June 2016 [19] 26 September 2017 [20] [21] MumbaiActive
Flag of Maldives.svg Maldivian Coast Guard
Fleet II
2109MCGS Huravee (formerly Tarmugli)30 June 201523 May 2016Transferred to Maldivian Coast Guard and commissioned on 2 May 2023 as MCGS Huravee [3] [4]

Operations

INS Car Nicobar and INS Chetlat are based in Chennai under India's Eastern Naval Command. [22]

INS Cankarso and INS Kondul are based in Goa under the Western Naval Command.[ citation needed ]

INS Kalpeni is based in Kochi under the Southern Naval Command. [23]

Operation Island Watch

In January 2011, as a part of Operation Island Watch, INS Cankarso and INS Kalpeni were deployed on anti-piracy patrol to the west of the Lakshadweep archipelago.[ citation needed ] On 28 January, Cankarso responded to a Mayday call from a container ship. Upon reaching the site, she saw Somali pirate skiffs being hoisted aboard a hijacked Thai fishing trawler, Prantalay 14, which was being used as a pirate mother ship. [8] [24]

Cankarso ordered the pirated ship to stop for inspection. The pirates on board fired on Cankarso as they tried to flee west towards Somalia. Cankarso returned the fire, which hit some of the fuel drums stored on Prantalay 14's deck for refuelling the skiffs. The mother ship was set ablaze and sank, even as Kalpeni and an Indian Coast Guard patrol vessel, ICGS Sankalp, reached the site. 15 pirates were arrested, and the 20 crew of the fishing trawler were all rescued unharmed. [25]

In another operation on 13 March 2011, an Indian Navy patrol aircraft spotted the Mozambique-registered fishing vessel, Vega 5, when responding to a merchant ship reporting a pirate attack. Beira-based Vega 5, owned by Spanish company Pescamar Lda, had been captured on 27 December 2010 by pirates who were demanding US$1.8 million in ransom. [26] INS Kalpeni intercepted the pirated ship about 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) off Kochi on India's west coast. A fire broke out on the vessel when Kalpeni returned fired after being fired upon by the pirates. 61 pirates were rescued and arrested after they jumped into the Arabian Sea to escape the fire. The crew of Kalpeni put out the fire on board Vega 5, rescued her 13 crew members and escorted her to Mumbai. Rocket-propelled grenades and over 80 assault rifles were recovered from the pirates. [27] [28]

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