Nikaraksha-class bucket dredger

The Nikaraksha class of bucket dredger is a pair of yardcraft built by Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai for the Indian Navy.^[1] Nikaraksha commissioned in 1967 and has a dredging capacity of 1,000 cubic yards (760 m³) per hour at a 45-foot (14 m) dredging depth.^[2]

Nikaraksha-class bucket dredgers

Name	Launch	Commission
Nikaraksha		March 1967
Kichodhara	27 March 74	1 May 1975

Nikaraksha class

Class overview
Builders	Mazagon Dock Limited
Completed	2
General characteristics
Type	bucket dredger

See also

• Amrit-class victualling barge
• INS Khadan