Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel (1983)

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Vikram class
File Picture INCGS Varuna.jpg
ICGS Varuna
Class overview
Builders Mazagon Dock Limited and Goa Shipyard Limited
Operators
Succeeded by Samar class
Completed9
Active2
Retired7
General characteristics
Displacement1180 tonnes [1]
Length74.10 m (243.1 ft)
Beam11.4 m (37 ft)
Draught3.2 m (10 ft)
Installed power2 × SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA6 V280 diesel engines(4707KW each)
Propulsion2 × propellers 12800 bhp
Speed22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement10 officers and 98 sailors
Sensors and
processing systems		Radar : BEL make-1*Decca 1226 nav;BEL make-1*Decca 1230 nav
Armament
  • 1 x 30mm 2A42
  • 2 x 12.7mm MG
Aircraft carried1 x HAL Chetak

Vikram-class offshore patrol vessels are series of nine watercraft jointly built by Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai and Goa Shipyard Limited, Vasco da Gama, Goa for the Indian Coast Guard.

Contents

Introduction

The vessels in this class are 74 metres (243 ft) long with a beam of 11.4 metres (37 ft) and are armed with a Mantra Defense Lynx optronic-directed 40mm 60 cal Bofors Mk3 AA gun or dual 30mm CRN 91 Naval Gun. They are powered by two SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA6 V280 diesel engines driving two propellers. The vessels are equipped with pollution control equipment, two firefighting monitors, a four-tonne crane. They also carry diving equipment, two RIB inspection crafts, a grp[ clarification needed ] launch, and a hangar for a light helicopter. The Vikram-class vessels have an air-conditioned accommodation for a crew of 11 officers and 85 enlisted sailors.

A derivative of this has been exported to Mauritius as the MCGS Barracuda.

List of vessels

NamePennant NumberBuilderDate of LaunchDate of commissionDate of DecommissionStatusHomeport
ICGS Vikram33Mazagon Dock29 Sep 198126 Dec 198319 Jan 2012DecommissionedVishakapatanam [2]
ICGS Vijaya3412 Apr 198523 Jan 2012Porbandar [3]
ICGS Veera3530 Jun 19843 May 198620 May 2013Tuticorin [4]
SLCGS Suraksha [5] (ex ICGS Varuna)361 Feb 198427 Feb 198823 August 2017

Transferred to SLCG [6] [7]

ActiveKochi [8]
ICGS Vajra3731 Jan 198722 Dec 198821 February 2018 [9] DecommissionedParadip [10]
ICGS Vivek385 Nov 198719 Aug 1989Sank on 23 March 2010Visakhapatnam [11]
ICGS Vigraha391 Dec 198812 Apr 199016 May 2019 [12] Paradip [13]
ICGS Varad40Goa Shipyard2 Sep 198919 Jul 199029 April 2017 [14] Port Blair [15]
SLNS Sagara (ex ICGS Varaha)4111 Mar 1992Transferred to Sri Lanka Navy Active SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee

(formerly, Chennai) [16]

See also

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