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INDIAN NAVY (INDIA)

NON-NAVAL FORCES

SAMAR patrol ships (1996-2003)

Samar 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
समर [Samar] 42   Goa SYd 1990 26.8.1992 14.2.1996 in service (2019)
संग्राम [Sangram] 43   Goa SYd 1992 29.3.1995 29.3.1997 in service (2019)
सारंग [Sarang] 44   Goa SYd 1993 8.3.1997 15.5.1999 in service (2019)
सागर [Sagar] 45   Goa SYd 1999 14.12.2001 3.11.2003 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

1650

Displacement full, t

1950

Length, m

96.0 pp 103.0 oa

Breadth, m

11.5

Draught, m

3.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SEMT-Pielstick 16PA6 V280 diesels

Power, h. p.

12800

Max speed, kts

22

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

7000(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 1 helicopter (Chetak or Sea King)

Sensors

Bahrat 1245, Decca 2459 radars, Radamec 2400 e/o system

Complement

124

Project history: Half-sisters to 7 Sukanya-class units in the Indian Navy. Intended for offshore patrol vessel duties for the protection of oil platforms and the Indian economic exclusion zone. Differ from the Indian Navy Sukanya class in having heavier gun armament, having twin funnels flanking the helicopter hangar (which can accommodate a Sea King), lacking the deckhouse forward of the bridge, and having the helicopter deck terminate well short of the stern. Have fin stabilizers, firefighting water monitor and towing capability. Additional accommodations are provided for passengers. The 76mm guns in the first two proved too expensive to maintain and operate and more powerful than is needed in the ships' essentially policing role, but plans to replace the 76mm gun in the third unit were not carried out.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sagar 2007

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