Bangaram class patrol craft

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Class overview
Name: Bangaram
Builders: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Operators: Indian Navy
In commission: 11 December 2004
Active: 4
General characteristics
Type: Patrol craft
Displacement: 260 ton
Length: 46 m
Beam: 7.5 m
Propulsion: MTU 4000 M90; 7492 hp
Speed: 28.5 knots
Range: 2000 nautical miles
Complement: 40 sailors and 4 officers
Armament: 1 CRN-91 30mm naval gun
1 Machine gun
Strela Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS)
Notes: Ships in class include: INS Bangaram
INS Bitra
INS Batti Malv
INS Baratang

Bangaram Class Patrol Craft were indigenously developed and manufactured within the Republic of India by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers. The primary mission of these ships is interdiction, along with search and rescue operations.

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