INS Tarmugli (T91)

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History
India
Name	INS Tarmugli (T91)
Namesake	Tarmugli Island
Operator	Indian Navy
Builder	Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
Yard number	2109
Launched	30 June 2015
Commissioned	23 May 2016
Homeport	Visakhapatnam
Identification	MMSI number: 419001107
Status	active
General characteristics
Class and type	Car Nicobar-class
Type	Patrol vessel
Displacement	320 tonnes
Length	48 meters
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Endurance	2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km)
Complement	45
Armament	1 X 30 mm CRN 91 gun, 2 X 12.7 mm HMG, multiple MMG, 9K38 Igla Surface-to-Air missile

INS Tarmugli (T91) is a patrol vessel of the Car Nicobar-class of Indian Navy and the first ship in the series of four Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC). The ship was commissioned by Vice Admiral HCS Bisht AVSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command.^[1][2] The indigenously conceived, designed and built ship, named after an island of same name in the Andaman archipelago is capable of operating in shallow waters at high speeds. Built for extended coastal and off-shore surveillance and patrol duties the warship is fitted with advanced MTU engines, water jet propulsion as well as latest communication equipment. ^[3]

Unlike the United States Coast Guard's similarly sized Sentinel class cutters, the class is propelled by water jets, at up to 35 knots (65 km/h), where the American patrol vessels conventional propulsion systems maximum stated speed is 28 knots (52 km/h). Both classes have a mission endurance of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km).

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