Engineering:Pulicat-class patrol boat

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Short description: Military ship class
Pulicat class
Class overview
Operators:  India
Preceded by: Ajay class
Succeeded by: Seaward class
Planned: 5
Completed: 5
Retired: 5
General characteristics
Type: Patrol boat
Displacement: 91 long tons (92 t) [1]
Length: 29.9 m (98 ft 1 in)
Beam: 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Draft: 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Propulsion: 2 × diesel engines (2,400 hp (1,800 kW) total)
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range: 460 nmi (850 km; 530 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement: 16 initially, 30 later
Armament: 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun, 2 x KPV heavy machine guns, 1 x SPG-9 Recoilless Rifle


The Pulicat class of patrol boats was a series of five watercraft of Soviet origin (ex-Poluchat class), which were in service of the Indian Navy and later transferred to the newly formed Indian Coast Guard in 1977. They were ordered in 1965 and delivered in 1967. INS Panvel took part in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The boats in the series were named after coastal cities of India.[2][3][4]

Boats in the class

Name Namesake Date of commissioning Notes
Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. Pamban Island 18 February 1967 Transferred to newly formed Indian Coast Guard in 1977. Decommissioned [5]
Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. Puri 18 February 1967 Transferred to newly formedIndian Coast Guard in 1977. Decommissioned
Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. Pulicat Lake 16 March 1967 Transferred to newly formed Indian Coast Guard in 1977. Decommissioned
Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. Panjim 16 Mar 1967 Transferred to newly formed Indian Coast Guard in 1977. Decommissioned
Script error: The function "ship_prefix_templates" does not exist. Panvel 16 Mar 1967 Transferred to newly formed Indian Coast Guard in 1977. Decommissioned

See also

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References