INS Tir (A86)

For other ships with the same name, see INS Tir.

INS Tir (A86)
History
India
NameINS Tir
Namesake"Arrow"
BuilderMazagon Dock Limited
Commissioned21 February 1986
IdentificationIMO number: 8102191
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeTir-class training ship
Displacement3,200 tons (full load)
Length105.85 m (347.3 ft)
Beam13.20 m (43.3 ft)
Draught4.8 m (16 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × shafts
  • 2 × 7,072 hp (5,274 kW) motors
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement
  • 20 officers/staff
  • 120 officers/midshipmen
Sensors and
processing systems		Bharat/Racal Decca 1245 radar at I-band frequency
Armament
  • CRN-91 30 mm autocannon
  • 2 Bofors 40 mm/60 (twin)
  • Flare launchers
  • 4 × saluting guns
Aircraft carriedPlatform for 1 HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv

INS Tir (A86) (Hindi: Arrow) is the first dedicated cadets training ship to be built by Mazagon Dock Limited and commissioned as such by the Indian Navy.[1] She is the senior ship of the 1st Training Squadron of the Southern Naval Command.

INS Tir was commissioned on 21 February 1986.[2] Sensors on board Tir include Decca Radar and a SATNAV (Satellite Navigation) system. She can carry up to 293 people on board, though her typical deployment is with 20 instructors and staff and 120 cadets.[3]

INS Tir is named after HMIS Tir, a River-class frigate of the Royal Indian Navy, earlier transferred from the Royal Navy where she served in World War II as HMS Bann (K256).

  1. ^ "Navy - Ins Tir". Bharat-Rakshak.com. 21 February 1986. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Warships - Tir". Pages.intnet.mu. 15 April 1983. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  3. ^ "World Navies Today: India". Hazegray.org. 25 March 2002. Retrieved 1 February 2011.