The Indian Navy has commissioned an improved variant of the Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel that the service refers to as the ‘follow on waterjet fast attack craft’ (FOWJFAC).
The vessel, INS Tarmugli (T 91), was inducted on 23 May in the commissioning ceremony held at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, according to a statement released by the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the same day.
Tarmugli is the first of four FOWJFAC vessels ordered under a contract awarded to Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) in March 2013. The vessel was launched in June 2015 together with two other vessels on order – Tillanchang (T 92) and Tihayu (T 93).
The 320-tonne platform features an overall length of 48 m, an overall beam of 7.5 m, and can accommodate a crew of 41. The vessel is powered by three MTU 4000 series engines and propelled by three Hamilton waterjets, allowing it to achieve speeds in excess of 30 kt, according to the MoD statement.
Tarmugli has been armed with a 30 mm CRN-91 gun manufactured by the Ordnance Factory Board unit at Medak, two 12.7 mm machine guns, and man-portable Igla surface-to-air missiles to counter aerial threats.
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