 ICGS Rani Abbakka during its commissioning
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rani Abbakka class |
| Builders | Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., Visakhapatnam, India |
| Operators | Indian Coast Guard |
| Preceded by | Sarojini Naidu class |
| Succeeded by | Rajshree class |
| Built | 2009–2012 |
| In commission | 2009–present |
| Planned | 5+8[1] |
| Completed | 5 |
| Cancelled | 8 |
| Active | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Inshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 349 tonnes[2] |
| Length | 50 m (164 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 8.36 m (27 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × rigid inflatable boat |
| Complement | 5 Officers and 34 Sailors[3] |
| Armament |
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The Rani Abbakka-class patrol vessel are a series of inshore patrol vessels being built by Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. for the Indian Coast Guard. They are based on Australian Thornycroft design. The ship, incidentally, is named after Abbakka Mahadevi, the legendary queen of Tulunadu, Karnataka who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th Century.[4]
- ^ Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy (20 June 2018). "Indian Coast Guard commissions final Rani Abbakka-class IPV". Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Surface Units Page :Indian Coast Guard". www.indiancoastguard.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
COMMISSIONING OF 4 th INSHORE PATROL VESSEL (IPV) ICGS RANI GAIDINLIUwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Coast Guard Inducts New Indigenous IPV Rani Abbakka". Livefist. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.