Corporated-class sullage barge

Corporated-class of sullage barges are series of seven yardcrafts being built by M/s Corporated Shipyard Private Limited, Kolkata for the Indian navy.[1]

Description

The barges have a designed capacity to carry 300 tonnes of oil in 6 equal size tanks.[1] Their steel cutting was started on 21 October 2009 and keel laying of 4 Barges was done on 30 October 2009. They have been certified and classed by Indian Register of shipping.[2] The barges will be in service of the Western Naval Command's bases at Karwar and Mumbai. As of December 2012, construction of 4 barges have been completed. The SB-II barge however met an accident with Pamban railway bridge on 13 January 2013 while being delivered to the navy's Western Command.

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Corporated class sullage barge
SB-II Barge Accident

Ships in the class

IRS no. Barge name Build date
37974 SB-I 18 July 2011
37194 SB-V 2 March 2011
39697 SB- VII 11 August 2012
41377 SB-II 18 December 2012

Specification

References

  1. 1 2 http://corporatedshipyard.com/project.html
  2. 1 2 http://www.irclass.org/ship_info#

External links

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