Indigenously designed INS Tarmugli joins navy's Eastern fleet

The Eastern Fleet of Indian Navy has assumed the command of INS Tarmugli at the commissioning ceremony held.

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Eastern Fleet of Indian Navy has assumed the command of INS Tarmugli at the commissioning ceremony held here on Monday. The first of the four highly manoeuvrable fast attack crafts being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) of Kolkata, the ship will strengthen the coastal patrol and surveillance operations along the east coast.

Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command, commissioned the ship into the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard. INS Tarmugli would be based in Visakhapatnam under the Naval Officer-in-Charge (Andhra Pradesh).

It is an improved version of the first Follow-on Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) which was conceived, designed and built indigenously, as part of the nation’s ‘Make in India’ initiative and indigenisation efforts in the warship design and construction.

The ship is capable of operating in shallow waters at high speeds and is equipped with enhanced fire power. Built for extended coastal and offshore surveillance and patrol, the warship is fitted with advanced MTU engines, water jet propulsion and the latest communication equipment.

Salient features

• Improved version of first Follow-on Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) designed and built as part of ‘Make in India’ initiative
• Named after an island in the Andaman group
• 320-tonne INS Tarmugli measures 48 m and can achieve speed more than 30 knots
• Team of four officers and 41 sailors

Armament

• 30-mm CRN 91 gun manufactured by Ordnance Factory at Medak
• Electronic day-night fire control system manufactured by BEL
• Two 12.7-mm heavy machine guns (HMG) and multiple medium machine guns
• Shoulder-launched Igla surface-to-air missiles to combat aerial threats