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ROYAL INDIAN MARINE (INDIA)

COASTAL FORCES

T51 large patrol craft (1977-1981)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
  T51   Garden Reach, Calcutta   31.12.1975 17.11.1978 stricken 1995
  T52   Garden Reach, Calcutta     3.9.1977 stricken 1995
  T53   Garden Reach, Calcutta     12.4.1978 stricken 1995
  T55   Garden Reach, Calcutta   2.1981 26.11.1981 stricken 2005

 

Displacement standard, t

160

Displacement full, t

203

Length, m

37.5

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

1.75

No of shafts

3

Machinery

2 Deltic 18-42K diesels / 1 Kirloskar Cummins NH-220 diesel

Power, h. p.

6240 / 165

Max speed, kts

29

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1400(14)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 DCR (18 Mk 7)

Sensors

radar, sonar

Complement

30

Project history: SDB Mk 2 design. Indian derivative of the British Ford design, built in India, named SDB Mk 1.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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