The
Indian Navy today commissioned the highly maneuverable Fast Attack Craft INS
Tarmugli at the hands of Vice Admiral HCS Bisht AVSM, Flag Officer
Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command at a formal ceremony held at Naval
Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.
Brief
Facts: INS Tarmugli is being based in Visakhapatnam under the Naval Officer-in-Charge
(Andhra Pradesh) and would be deployed for coastal patrol and surveillance
operations along the East Coast of India.
INS
Tarmugli is the first Follow-on Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC), is an
improved version of WJFAC, earlier constructed by GRSE. Conceived, designed and
built indigenously, the commissioning of this ship completes the addition of
another chapter to the nation’s ‘Make in India’ initiative and indigenisation efforts
in the field of warship design and construction.
Named
after a picturesque island in the Andaman group, the 320-tonne INS Tarmugli,
measuring 48 meters in length, can achieve speeds in excess of 30 knots. The
ship is manned by a team comprising four officers and 41 sailors with Commander
Sreejith S Nair at the helm as Commanding Officer.
The
ship is capable of operating in shallow waters at high speeds and is equipped
with enhanced fire power. Built for extended coastal and offshore surveillance
and patrol the warship is fitted with advanced MTU engines, water jet
propulsion and the latest communication equipment.
The
ships armament consists of a 30 mm CRN 91 gun manufactured by Ordnance Factory
Medak. An electronic day-night fire control system namely Stabilised Optronic
Pedestal (SOP) manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) controls the
gun. The ship is also equipped with two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (HMG) and
multiple medium machine guns, besides shoulder-launched Igla surface-to-air
missiles to combat aerial threats.
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