Bharati-class interceptor boat

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
NameBharati-class interceptor craft
BuildersBharati Shipyard
OperatorsIndian 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

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

Ships of the class
Pennant No Commissioned Homeport
C-154 22 February 2013 Mumbai[5][6]
C-155 14 May 2015 Karwar[7]
C-156 12 March 2016 Pipavav[8][9]
C-158 12 April 2016[10] Goa
C-161 5 January 2018[11] Vadinar
C-162 30 May 2018 Vizhinjam[12]

See also

References
  1. Market, Capital (16 November 2017). "Bharati Defence and Infrastructure delivers vessel to Indian Coast Guard". Business Standard India.
  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.
  8. "Indian Coast Guard commissions new vessel at Porbandar". The Indian Express. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  9. "Indian Coast Guard Ship C- 156 commissioned at Porbandar". DeshGujarat. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  10. "Coast Guard interceptor boat commissioned". indiatoday.intoday.in. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  11. "Indian Coast Guard Ship C-161 commissioned in Porbandar". aninews.in. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  12. "Coast Guard ship commissioned". The Hindu. 29 May 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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