Tara Bai-class patrol vessel

Tara Bai class
Class overview
Builders
OperatorsIndian Coast Guard
Built1987–1990
Completed6
Active0
Retired6
General characteristics
TypeCoastal patrol vessel
Displacement236 tonnes
Length44.9 m (147 ft)
Beam7.0 m (23.0 ft)
Draught1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Installed power2 × MTU 12V538 TB82 diesels
Propulsion2 × 4-blade propellers, 5,940 bhp (4,430 kW)
Range2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance7 days
Complement5 officers, 29 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
  • BEL make-1
  • Decca 1226 navigation radar
Armament
  • 40 mm 60 cal Bofors Mk 3 AA
  • 2 × single 7.62 mm MG

The Tara Bai class of coastal patrol vessels is a series of six watercraft built by Singapore Slipway & Engineering and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata for Indian Coast Guard. They are intended for search and rescue, fisheries patrol and sovereignty patrol.[1]

  1. ^ Wertheim, Eric (2007). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781591149552.