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Car Nicobar-class fast attack craftlarger figure on 1 of 4
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Length
Single source48.9 m (160 ft 5 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Car Nicobar-class fast attack craft | Saryu-class patrol vessel |
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| Complement | — | 16 officers and 102 sailors[source] |
| Power | 3 × MTU 16V 4000 M90 diesel engines, 11,238 PS (8,266 kW) 3 × Hamilton HM811 waterjets[source] | 2 × Pielstick PA 6B STC diesel engines, 21,725 PS (15,979 kW)[source] |
| Name | Car Nicobar class[source] | Saryu class[source] |
| Builders | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers[source] | Goa Shipyard Limited |
Saryu-class patrol vessellarger figure on 3 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
105 m (344 ft)[source]
including 6 officers
Single source29 including 6 officers[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Operators | Indian Navy Maldivian Coast Guard[source] | Indian Navy Sri Lanka Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | Bangaram class[source] | Sukanya class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | New Water Jet Fast Attack Craft[source] | Shachi class (2017) (cancelled) Shachi class (2026)[source] |
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| Cost | ₹ 500 crore (equivalent to ₹ 15 billion or US$160 million in 2023) overall cost ₹ 35 crore (equivalent to ₹ 106 crore or US$11 million in 2023) for each ship[source] | — |
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| Built | 2007–2017[source] | — |
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| In commission | 2009-present[source] | 2013 – present[source] |
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| Planned | 14[source] |
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| Completed | 14[source] |
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| Active | 13 Indian Navy 1 Maldivian Coast Guard[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Fast attack craft[source] | Offshore patrol vessel[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Navigation radar LINK II tactical datalink and satellite communication (SATCOM) to Rukmani Surface search radar[source] | Sperry Bridgemaster I-band navigation radar EON-51 electro-optical FCS[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × CRN-91 30mm autocannon Igla SA-18 SAM 2 × 12.7 mm HMGs[source] | 1 × 76 mm/62 Oto Melara gun 2 × 30 mm/65 AK-630 CIWS[source] |
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| Country of origin | India[source] | India[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Sanket Mk III Electronic Support System Communication Intelligence System ELK 7036 4 × Kavach chaff launchers[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × HAL Dhruv[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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