INS Tarmugli (T91)
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 India
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| Name: | INS Tarmugli (T91) |
| Namesake: | Tarmugli Island |
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 Indian Navy
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| Builder: | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers |
| Yard number: | 2109 |
| Launched: | 30 June 2015 |
| Commissioned: | 23 May 2016 |
| Homeport: | Visakhapatnam |
| Status: | active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Car Nicobar-class |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 320 tonnes |
| Length: | 48 meters |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) |
| Complement: | 45 |
| Armament: | 1 X 30 mm CRN 91 gun, 2 X 12.7 mm HMG, multiple MMG, 9K38 Igla Surface-to-Air missile |
for INS Tarmugli (T64) go to PS TopazTransferred to Seychelles Coast Guard
INS Tarmugli (T91) is a patrol vessel of the Car Nicobar-class of Indian Navy and the first ship in the series of four Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC). The ship was commissioned by Vice Admiral HCS Bisht AVSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command. The indigenously conceived, designed and built ship, named after an island of same name in the Andaman archipelago is capable of operating in shallow waters at high speeds. Built for extended coastal and off-shore surveillance and patrol duties the warship is fitted with advanced MTU engines, water jet propulsion as well as latest communication equipment.
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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