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INDIAN NAVY (INDIA)

NON-NAVAL FORCES

PRIYADARSHINI patrol craft (1991-1998)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
प्रियदर्शिनी [Priyadarshini] 221   Garden Reach, Calcutta     25.5.1992 stricken 8.2014
रज़िया सुल्ताना [Razia Sultana] 222   Garden Reach, Calcutta     18.11.1992 in service (2019)
एनी बसंत [Annie Besant] 223   Goa SYd     7.12.1991 stricken 1.2014
कमला देवी [Kamla Devi] 224   Goa SYd     20.5.1992 in service (2019)
अमृत कौर [Amrit Kaur] 225   Goa SYd     20.3.1993 stricken 3.2015
कनक लता बरुआ [Kanak Lata Barua] 226   Garden Reach, Kolkata     27.3.1997 stricken 6.2017
भीकाजी काम [Bhikaji Cama] 227   Garden Reach, Kolkata     24.9.1997 stricken 3.2018
सुचेता कृपलानी [Sucheta Kripalani] 228   Garden Reach, Kolkata     16.3.1998 stricken 3.2018

 

Displacement standard, t

215

Displacement full, t

310

Length, m

43.5 wl 46.0 oa

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

1.85 hull 2.09 propellers

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 12V538 TB82 diesels

Power, h. p.

5940

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil 10

Endurance, nm(kts)

2400(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Sensors

Bharat 1245 or Decca 1226 radar

Complement

34

Project history: Tara Bai design with greater beam.

Modernizations: 1998, Amrit Kaur; early 2000s, Kamla Devi; 2010s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3; + 1 x 1 - 30/80 Medak CRN-91, e/o system

Naval service: Razia Sultana foundered in bad weather 9.11.1995 off Paradeep but was repaired and returned to service.

Kamla Devi 2004

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