Bharati-class interceptor boat
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Bharati-class of interceptor boats are a series of fifteen watercraft being built by Bharati Shipyard for the Indian Coast Guard.[2]
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 |
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| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 1 officer and 12 enlisted |
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$33 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
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