Arga-class tugboat

Class overview
Name| Arga class
Operators|  Indian Navy
Planned| 6
Completed| 3
General characteristics
Type| Tugboat
Tonnage|

* 181 GT
* 35.52 DWT

Displacement| 239.48 tonnes
Length| 22.8 m (74 ft 10 in)
Beam| 7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)
Draft| 2.35 m (7 ft 9 in)
Propulsion| 850 hp (630 kW) Caterpillar Kirloskar engines
Speed| 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

The Arga class of tugboats are a series of six service watercraft being built by Tebma Shipyard Limited (a subsidiary of Bharati Shipyard Ltd) in Malpe, for the Indian Navy.

## Description

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Each vessel in the series is 22.8 meters (74 ft 10 in) long and 7.42 meters (24 ft 4 in) wide with a draft forward (bow) of 2.35 meters (7 ft 9 in). Each tug has a capacity of 10 tonnes bollard pull at 85 per cent maximum continuous rating (MCR), speed of 12 knots at 85 per cent MCR and is fitted with two 850-horsepower (630 kW) Caterpillar Kirloskar engines, coupled to two steerable rudder propellers of 1,350 mm (53 in) diameter. The vessels have two auxiliary electrical generation plant of 60 kW each and are fitted with a sewage treatment plant. They have been designed by M/s Ska Marine, Chennai.[1] INS Arga and INS Bali are named after the coastal villages of Karwar District and both were inducted into the service by Rear Admiral Atul Kumar Jain.

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INS Bali
INS Bali induction

## Ships in the class

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Yard number[1] | IR number | IMO number | Ship name | Launch date | Commissioning date | Home port

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145 | 41949 | 9600231 | INS Arga |  | 1 August 2012 | INS Kadamba, Karwar
146 | 41951 | 9600243 | INS Bali | 11 September 2012 | 28 September 2012 | INS Kadamba, Karwar
147 | 41963 | 9600255 | INS Anup | 11 September 2012 | 28 September 2012 | INS Kadamba. Karwar
148 |  |  |  |  |  |
149 |  |  |  |  |  |
150 |  |  |  |  |  |

## See also

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* Tugboats of the Indian Navy

## References

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1. ^ a b ":: Welcome to Ska Marine :: Projects". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

## External links

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* Arga Commissioned at Karwar
* Bali and Anup launched
* Bali commissioned at Karwar
* Specifications
* Tebma official website

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