Bharati-class of interceptor boats are a series of fifteen watercraft being built by Bharati Shipyard for the Indian Coast Guard.IR Class ship info
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. 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 contract signed with the Ministry of Defence, which was announced on 6 March 2009.
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). It was constructed by Bharati shipyards units at Vasco Da Gama.
Ships of the class Pennant NoCommissionedHomeportC-15422 February 2013MumbaiC-15514 May 2015KarwarC-15612 March 2016PipavavC-15812 April 2016GoaC-1615 January 2018VadinarC-16230 May 2018Vizhinjam
See also Cochin Fast Patrol Vessels L&T fast interceptor craft ABG fast interceptor craft Swallow Craft Class AMPL Class
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