![]() INS Tarmugli (T91) near Visakhapatnam port.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Car Nicobar class |
Builders | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Bangaram class |
Succeeded by | NGFAC Class |
Cost | ₹500 million (US$6.0 million) |
Built | 2007–2017 |
In commission | 2009-present |
Planned | 14 |
Completed | 14 |
Active | |
Retired | 0 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fast attack craft |
Displacement | |
Length | 48.9 m (160 ft 5 in)[1] |
Beam | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)[1] |
Draught | 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)[1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)[1] |
Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)[1] |
Crew | 29 including 6 officers[1] |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
The Car Nicobar class of high-speed offshore patrol vessels are built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) for the Indian Navy. The vessels are designed as a cost-effective platform for patrol, anti-piracy and rescue operations in India's exclusive economic zone. In 2023, one of the ships, INS Tarmugli, was donated to the Maldivian Coast Guard.[3][4]
The class and its vessels are named for Indian islands. They are the first water jet-propelled vessels of the Indian Navy.[5]
Unlike the United States Coast Guard's similarly sized Sentinel class cutters, the class is propelled by water jets, at up to 35 knots (65 km/h), where the American patrol vessels conventional propulsion systems maximum stated speed is 28 knots (52 km/h). Both classes have a mission endurance of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km).
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