Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel (1983)

This article is about the decommissioned Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel variant; see Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel (2017) for the newer vartiant.

Vikram-class offshore patrol vessels are series of nine watercraft jointly built by Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai and Goa Shipyard Limited, Vasco da Gama, Goa for the Indian Coast Guard.

Vikram class

ICGS Varuna
Class overview
Builders	Mazagon Dock Limited and Goa Shipyard Limited
Operators	Indian Coast Guard  Sri Lanka Navy  Sri Lanka Coast Guard
Succeeded by	Samar class
Completed	9
Active	2
Retired	7
General characteristics
Displacement	1180 tonnes[1]
Length	74.10 m (243.1 ft)
Beam	11.4 m (37 ft)
Draught	3.2 m (10 ft)
Installed power	2 × SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA6 V280 diesel engines(4707KW each)
Propulsion	2 × propellers 12800 bhp
Speed	22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range	8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	10 officers and 98 sailors
Sensors & processing systems	Radar : BEL make-1*Decca 1226 nav;BEL make-1*Decca 1230 nav
Armament	1 x 30mm 2A42 2 x 12.7mm MG
Aircraft carried	1 x HAL Chetak

Introduction

The vessels in this class are 74 metres (243 ft) long with a beam of 11.4 metres (37 ft) and are armed with a Mantra Defense Lynx optronic-directed 40mm 60 cal Bofors Mk3 AA gun or dual 30mm CRN 91 Naval Gun. They are powered by two SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA6 V280 diesel engines driving two propellers. The vessels are equipped with pollution control equipment, two firefighting monitors, a four-tonne crane. They also carry diving equipment, two RIB inspection crafts, a grp^{[clarification needed]} launch, and a hangar for a light helicopter. The Vikram-class vessels have an air-conditioned accommodation for a crew of 11 officers and 85 enlisted sailors.

A derivative of this has been exported to Mauritius as the MCGS Barracuda.

List of vessels

Name	Pennant Number	Builder	Date of Launch	Date of commission	Date of Decommission	Status	Homeport
ICGS Vikram	33	Mazagon Dock	29 Sep 1981	26 Dec 1983	19 Jan 2012	Decommissioned	Vishakapatanam[2]
ICGS Vijaya	34			12 Apr 1985	23 Jan 2012		Porbandar[3]
ICGS Veera	35		30 Jun 1984	3 May 1986	20 May 2013		Tuticorin[4]
SLCGS Suraksha[5] (ex ICGS Varuna)	36		1 Feb 1984	27 Feb 1988	23 August 2017 Transferred to SLCG[6][7]	Active	Kochi[8]
ICGS Vajra	37		31 Jan 1987	22 Dec 1988	21 February 2018[9]	Decommissioned	Paradip[10]
ICGS Vivek	38		5 Nov 1987	19 Aug 1989	Sank on 23 March 2010		Visakhapatnam[11]
ICGS Vigraha	39		1 Dec 1988	12 Apr 1990	16 May 2019[12]		Paradip[13]
ICGS Varad	40	Goa Shipyard	2 Sep 1989	19 Jul 1990	29 April 2017[14]		Port Blair[15]
SLNS Sagara (ex ICGS Varaha)	41			11 Mar 1992	Transferred to Sri Lanka Navy	Active	SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee (formerly, Chennai)[16]

See also

• Jija Bai-class patrol vessel
• Tara Bai-class coastal patrol vessel
• Priyadarshini-class patrol vessel
• Sarojini Naidu-class extra-fast patrol vessel
• Samar-class offshore patrol vessel