Modest-class barge

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The Modest class of barges is a series of self-propelled fuel carrier watercraft being built by Modest Infrastructure Ltd in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, for the Indian Navy.

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Each vessel in the series have a length of 57 metres (187 ft 0 in) with a beam of 11 metres (36 ft 1 in) and have a draught of 2.8 metres (9 ft 2 in). They have capacity to carry 500 tons of fuel and have an air conditioned wheel house. The vessels are sea-going and have all of the essential communication and navigation equipment. They have been certified by IRS with Class notation : +SUL + IY., for carriage of oil with flash point above 60 Degree.

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Modest class barge
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Barges in the class
NameIRS noDate of commission
INS Purak 4032311 April 2012
INS Puran 40634

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References

  1. "Ship Register Search". www.irclass.org. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013.