Bharati-class interceptor boat

Coast Guard Interceptor boat C-154
Class overview
Name	Bharati-class interceptor craft
Builders	Bharati Shipyard
Operators	Indian Coast Guard
Preceded by	AMPL-class interceptor boat
Built	2009–present
In commission	2013–present
Planned	15
Building	8
Completed	7
Active	6[1]
General characteristics
Type	Interceptor boat
Displacement	107 tonnes (105 long tons; 118 short tons)
Length	27.6 m (90 ft 7 in)
Beam	6.17 m (20 ft 3 in)
Draught	1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)
Depth	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 × Caterpillar MTU Friedrichshafen Gmbh 1630KW engines 2 × 69 kW 415 V 50 Hz AC
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	1 officer and 12 enlisted

Bharati-class of interceptor boats are a series of fifteen watercraft being built by Bharati Shipyard for the Indian Coast Guard.^[2]

The vessels in the series have an aluminium hull, and have a length of 28 meters, with beam of 6 meters and draught of 1.2 meters.^[2] They are powered by twin MTU Caterpillar engines having capacity of 1630 kW each. They have Articulate Surface Piercing Propulsion and can attain a speed of more than 35 knots. The vessels can perform high-speed interception, close-coast patrol, low-intensity maritime operations, search-and-rescue and surveillance. They have a complement of one officer and 12 sailors. They are being constructed as per a ₹2.81 billion (US$33 million) contract signed with the Ministry of Defence, which was announced on 6 March 2009.^[3]

The first Bharati-class interceptor boat has IRS no. 40567 and its pennant no. is C-154. It was commissioned in Mumbai on 22 February 2013 in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Secretary J.K. Banthia and S.P.S. Basra, Inspector General (IG), Coast Guard Region (West).^[4] It was constructed by Bharati shipyards units at Vasco Da Gama.^{[citation needed]}

• Cochin Fast Patrol Vessels
• L&T fast interceptor craft
• ABG fast interceptor craft
• Swallow Craft Class
• AMPL Class

• Rs 281 Crore defence vessel order to Bharati Shipyard