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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Car Nicobar-class fast attack craftlarger figure on 4 of 4
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Length
Single source48.9 m (160 ft 5 in)[source]
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| Specification | Car Nicobar-class fast attack craft | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | Car Nicobar class[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers[source] | — |
| Operators | Indian Navy Maldivian Coast Guard[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Preceded by | Bangaram class[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | New Water Jet Fast Attack Craft |
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 0 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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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] | — |
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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] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Navigation radar LINK II tactical datalink and satellite communication (SATCOM) to Rukmani Surface search radar[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × CRN-91 30mm autocannon Igla SA-18 SAM 2 × 12.7 mm HMGs[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Country of origin | India[source] | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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| Class & type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 16 (1 officer)[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | T Craft International[source]T Craft class · three source ships explicitly built by T CraftInternational T Craft International[source]T Craft class South African vessels P1552/P1553/P1554 built by T Craft International; no sibling equipment or later successor company inference |
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