ICGS Rajshree, first ship of the class
Class overview
NameRajshree class
BuildersGarden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata, India
Operators
Preceded byRani Abbakka class
Succeeded byAadesh class
Built2010 — 2023
In commission2012 — Present
Planned14
Completed14
Active14
General characteristics
TypeInshore patrol vessel
Displacement303 long tons (308 t)[1]
Length48.9 m (160 ft 5 in)
Beam7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Depth2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement6 officers and 34 sailors
Armament

The Rajshree-class patrol vessels are a series of eight inshore patrol vessels built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata for the Indian Coast Guard.

Design

The Rajshree class have displacement of 303 tons and are 48.9 metres (160 ft) in length. They are fitted with an integrated bridge system (IBS), integrated machine control system (IMCS). The vessels are powered by three MTU 16V4000M90 series engines capable of generating 2,720 BHP at 2100 rpm each to propel the vessel at a speed of 31.5 knots using three 71S2 Rolls-Royce Kamewa water jet propulsion. At economical speed of 16 knots, they have a range of 1,500 nautical miles. The vessels also generates 320 kW of electric power to feed a wide array of on-board sensors and equipment. The vessels are also fitted with various terrestrial and satellite based communication systems including a Fleet-500 satellite communication system.

The ships are equipped with a 30 mm CRN 91 Naval Gun, which is gyro-stabilized with an electro-optical fire control system. They can undertake day and night patrolling for anti-smuggling, anti-poaching and fisheries monitoring in shallow waters. They also carry on board a high-speed fibre-reinforced plastic boat, two Gemini boats and one water scooter for search and rescue operations. They have fully air conditioned and modular accommodation for 6 officers and 34 sailors.[2]

Ships in class

The first vessel in the series ICGS Rajshree was commissioned by Director General Indian Coast Guard, Vice Admiral M.P. Muralidharan at GRSE Jetty on 15 February 2012.[3] Firstly commanded by Commandant Pankaj Verma, an alumnus of the prestigious US Naval War College, Newport. The ship is named after an old Seaward class defense boat (SDB) of the Indian Navy INS Rajshree that served from 1983 to 2006.The second ship, ICGS Rajtarang, was commissioned at Chennai on 19 May 2012,[4] and the third, ICGS Rajkiran, on 29 August 2012, at Visakhapatnam.[5]

A follow-on order of 5 more ships will be built with deliveries starting by mid 2018.[6][7]

Indian government gifted a Rajshree-class patrol vessel named PS Zoroaster to Seychelles Coast Guard.[8][9][10]

Yard No. Name Pennant Number Laid down Launched Commissioned Homeport
 Indian Coast Guard
Flight I
2072 Rajshree 82 27 September 2010 21 March 2011 15 February 2012 Chennai[11]
2073 Rajtarang 83 — 21 March 2011 19 May 2012 Chennai[12][13]
2074 Rajkiran 84 March 2011 30 September 2011[14] 29 August 2012 Haldia[15]
2075 Rajkamal 85 March 2011 30 September 2011 8 January 2013 Port Blair[16][17]
2076 Rajratan 86 March 2011 30 September 2011 11 February 2013 Porbandar[18]
2077 Rajdoot 87 24 January 2012 6 August 2012[19] 22 April 2013 Manglore[20]
2078 Rajveer 88 24 January 2012 6 August 2012 9 August 2013[21] Visakhapatnam[22]
2079 Rajdhwaj 89 24 January 2012 29 January 2013 12 December 2013[23] Kakinada[24]
Flight II
2113 Priyadarshini 221[25] 15 May 2017[6] 30 December 2017[26] 26 April 2019 Kakinada[27]
2114 Annie Besant 223 11 August 2017[28] 31 March 2018[29] 12 January 2020[30] Chennai[30]
2115 Amrit Kaur 225 30 October 2017[31] 22 November 2018[32][33] 12 January 2020[30] Chennai[30]
2117 Kanaklata Barua 226 20 February 2018[34] 10 August 2019[35] 30 September 2020 Kolkata[36]
2118 Kamala Devi 224 15 July 2021[10] 2 May 2022 12 January 2023 [37] Haldia
 Seychelles Coast Guard
2116 Zoroaster P609 30 October 2017[31] 22 November 2018[32][33] 8 April 2021 [38]

Gallery


See also

References

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