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Measured figures
max
Single source150 tonnes (150 long tons ) (max)[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single source9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)[source]
at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Single source380 nmi (700 km; 440 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | Chaland de transport de matériel | Nikaraksha-class bucket dredger |
|---|---|---|
| Power | 2 × Poyaud-Wärtsilä 18V8M1 diesel engines , 331 kilowatts (444 hp) 2 propellers[source] | — |
| Operators | French Navy Djiboutian Navy Chilean Navy Ivory Coast Navy Royal Moroccan Navy Senegal Navy[source] | — |
| Completed | 31[source] | |
| Active | 5 remaining with the French Navy as of 2023; others with other navies[source] | — |
| Retired | 11+[source] | — |
| Type | Landing craft[source] | bucket dredger[source] |
| Capacity | 90 t (89 long tons; 99 short tons)[source] | — |
| Troops | 200[source] | — |
| Armament | 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns[source] | — |
| National origin | France[source] | — |
| Builders | — | Mazagon Dock Limited[source] |
| Role | — | yardcraft[source] |
| Dredging capacity | — | 1,000 cubic yards (760 m 3 ) per hour[source]Nikaraksha named vessel dredging capacity, not payload mass |
| Dredging depth | — | 45-foot (14 m) dredging depth[source]Nikaraksha named vessel excavation depth, not draught |
| Introduction | — | Nikaraksha commissioned in 1967[source]Nikaraksha individually named vessel |