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Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel (1983)

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Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel (1983)
ICGS Varuna
Class overview
Builders: Mazagon Dock Limited and Goa Shipyard Limited
Operators:
Completed: 9
Active: 5
Lost: 1
Retired: 3
General characteristics
Displacement: 1180 tonnes[1]
Length: 74.10 m (243.1 ft)
Beam: 11.4 m (37 ft)
Draught: 3.2 m (10 ft)
Installed power: 2 × SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA6 V280 diesel engines(4707KW each)
Propulsion: 2 × propellers 12800 bhp
Speed: 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range: 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 10 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 carried: 1* 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.

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[]

Name Pennant Number Builder Date of Launch Date of commission Date of Decommission Homeport
ICGS Vikram 33 Mazagon Dock 29 Sep 1981 26 Dec 1983 19 Jan 2012 Vishakapatanam[2]
ICGS Vijaya 34 12 Apr 1985 23 Jan 2012 Porbandar[3]
ICGS Veera 35 30 Jun 1984 3 May 1986 20 May 2013 Tuticorin[4]
ICGS Varuna / SLCGS Suraksha[5] 36 1 Feb 1984 27 Feb 1988 23 August 2017

(Transferred to SLCG)[6][7]

Kochi[8]
ICGS Vajra 37 31 Jan 1987 22 Dec 1988 Paradip[9]
ICGS Vivek 38 5 Nov 1987 19 Aug 1989 Sank on 23 March 2010 Visakhapatnam[10]
ICGS Vigraha 39 1 Dec 1988 12 Apr 1990 Paradip[11]
ICGS Varad 40 Goa Shipyard 2 Sep 1989 19 Jul 1990 29 April 2017[12] Port Blair[13]
ICGS Varaha 41 11 Mar 1992 Transferred to Sri Lanka Chennai[14]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ http://www.indiancoastguard.gov.in/content/294_3_Ships.aspx# Archived 29 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Three Coast Guard ships decommissioned - Times of India". Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170104042631/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Three-Coast-Guard-ships-decommissioned/articleshow/11562392.cms. Retrieved 2015-12-28. 
  3. ↑ "Tv9 Gujarat - Navy Bids farewell to ICGS Vijay at Decommissioning ceremony, Porbandar - YouTube". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310091959/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekmEojnxq84. Retrieved 2015-12-28. 
  4. ↑ "ICGS Veera decommissioning | Facebook". Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171009035719/https://www.facebook.com/events/668194136540938/. Retrieved 2015-12-28. 
  5. ↑ SpokespersonNavy (21 October 2017). "#BridgesofFriendship Ex-ICG ship Varuna that was gifted to Sri Lankan by India was re- christened as SURAKSHA & commissioned into Sri Lanka Coast Guard today at a ceremony in Colombo Port.The event reaffirms the strong maritime cooperation that exists between both countriespic.twitter.com/sp0nPDGFuR" (in en). https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/921754071333089281. 
  6. ↑ "ICGS Varuna sails off into the sunset after illustrious voyage". The New Indian Express. http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2017/aug/24/icgs-varuna-sails-off-into-the-sunset-after-illustrious-voyage-1647460.html. 
  7. ↑ "Coast Guard ship Varuna decomissioned". http://www.ptinews.com/news/9009239_Coast-Guard-ship--Varuna--decommissioned.html. 
  8. ↑ "ICGS Varuna rescues Indian, Maldivian crew from sinking vessel - Times of India". Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161113093808/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ICGS-Varuna-rescues-Indian-Maldivian-crew-from-sinking-vessel/articleshow/20561905.cms. Retrieved 2015-12-28. 
  9. ↑ "Coast Guard ship ‘Vajra’ rebased at Paradip port" (in en-IN). 2013-04-12. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140831095743/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/coast-guard-ship-vajra-rebased-at-paradip-port/article4609007.ece. 
  10. ↑ "Rest easy, Vizag’s coast is guarded" (in en-IN). 2009-02-16. ISSN 0971-751X. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/rest-easy-vizags-coast-is-guarded/article355759.ece. 
  11. ↑ "TN trawlers reach safety on AP coast". Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160113032338/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article313387.ece?service=print. Retrieved 2015-12-28. 
  12. ↑ "Coast Guard decommissions ICGS Varad after 27 years - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171009035719/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/coast-guard-decommissions-icgs-varad-after-27-years/articleshow/58431885.cms. 
  13. ↑ "300 Kamorta students visit ICGS Varad". Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171009035719/http://www.andamansheekha.com/2015/08/11/300-kamorta-students-visit-icgs-varad/. Retrieved 2015-12-28. 
  14. ↑ "No opposition to donation of Indian Coast Guard ship to Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160119060441/http://www.seithy.com/breifNews.php?newsID=146826&category=EnglishNews&language=english. Retrieved 2015-12-28. 

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