Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel (1983)

This article is about the decommissioned Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel variant; see Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel (2017) for the newer vartiant.

Vikram class
ICGS Varuna
Class overview
BuildersMazagon Dock Limited and Goa Shipyard Limited
Operators
Succeeded bySamar class
Completed9
Active2
Retired7
General characteristics
Displacement1180 tonnes[1]
Length74.10 m (243.1 ft)
Beam11.4 m (37 ft)
Draught3.2 m (10 ft)
Installed power2 × SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA6 V280 diesel engines(4707KW each)
Propulsion2 × propellers 12800 bhp
Speed22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement10 officers and 98 sailors
Sensors and
processing systems		Radar : BEL make-1*Decca 1226 nav;BEL make-1*Decca 1230 nav
Armament
  • 1 x 30mm 2A42
  • 2 x 12.7mm MG
Aircraft carried1 x HAL Chetak

Vikram-class offshore patrol vessels are series of nine watercraft jointly built by Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai and Goa Shipyard Limited, Vasco da Gama, Goa for the Indian Coast Guard.

  1. ^ "Surface Units:Indian Coast Guard". www.indiancoastguard.gov.in. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017.