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|Ship image= INS Tarmugli (T91) near Visakhapatnam port.jpg
|Ship caption=INS ''Tarmugli'' (T91) near [[Visakhapatnam]] port.
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Car Nicobar'' class
|Builders=[[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers]]
|Operators= *{{navy|India}}
|Class before= {{sclass|Bangaram|patrol vessel|4}}
|Class after=
|Subclasses=
|Cost= {{INRConvert|500|m|1}}
|Built range= 2007–2017
|In service range=
|In commission range= 14
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned= 14
|Total ships completed= 14
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active= 14
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=
|Total ships retired=
|Total ships preserved=
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|Ship type=[[Fast attack craft]]
|Ship displacement=*''Fleet I'': {{cvt|293|t}}<ref name="jfs-1617">{{cite book|editor1-last=Saunders|editor1-first=Stephen|editor1-mask=Commodore Stephen Saunders|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2016–2017|date=2016|publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]]|location=Coulsdon|isbn=978-0710631855|page=357|edition=119th|chapter=India}}</ref>
*''Fleet II'': {{cvt|315|t}}<ref name="jdw-1jul15" />
|Ship length={{cvt|48.9|m|ftin}}<ref name="jfs-1617"/>
|Ship beam={{cvt|7.5|m|ftin}}<ref name="jfs-1617"/>
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|Ship ramps=
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|Ship power=
|Ship propulsion=*3 × MTU 16V 4000 M90 diesel engines, {{cvt|11,238|PS}}
*3 × Hamilton HM811 waterjets<ref name="jfs-1617"/>
|Ship speed={{cvt|35|kn|lk=in}}<ref name="jfs-1617"/>
|Ship range={{cvt|2000|nmi}} at {{cvt|13|kn}}<ref name="jfs-1617"/>
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|Ship crew= 29 including 6 officers<ref name="jfs-1617"/>
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|Ship sensors=*Navigation radar
* LINK II tactical datalink and satellite communication (SATCOM) to [[GSAT-7|Rukmani]]<ref name="jdw-1jul15" />
* Surface search radar<ref name="jfs-1617"/>
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=* 1 × [[CRN 91 Naval Gun|CRN-91]] 30mm [[autocannon]]<ref name="jfs-1617"/>
* [[9K38 Igla|Igla]] SA-18 [[surface-to-air missile|SAM]]<ref name="jdw-1jul15" />
* 2 × 12.7 mm [[heavy machine gun|HMGs]]<ref name="jfs-1617"/>
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The '''''Car Nicobar'' class''' of high-speed [[offshore patrol vessel]]s are built by [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers]] (GRSE) for the [[Indian Navy]]. The vessels are designed as a cost-effective platform for patrol, anti-piracy and rescue operations in [[India]]'s [[Exclusive Economic Zone#India|exclusive economic zone]].

The class and its vessels are named for Indian islands. They are the first [[water jet (propulsion)|water jet-propelled]] vessels of the Indian Navy.<ref name=id-rep4229>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-defence.com/reports-4229|title=Indian Navy to Commission INS Carnicobar, INS Chetlat|publisher=India Defence|date=16 February 2009|access-date=16 September 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814060245/http://www.india-defence.com/reports-4229|archive-date=14 August 2022}}</ref>

==Design==
The ''Car Nicobar''-class vessels were designed and built by GRSE. Production of the class was fast tracked after the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]. The vessels feature improved habitability with fully air-conditioned modular accommodation, on board [[reverse osmosis]] plant for [[desalination]], and a [[sewage treatment]] plant.<ref name=id-rep4229/><ref name=bl-rajabagan>{{cite news |url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/14161631.htm |title = GRSE delivers two warships from Rajabagan Dockyard |newspaper = The Hindu Business Line |access-date = 16 September 2011 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=Adamgerber80 |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The vessels are each powered by three HamiltonJet HM811 water jets, coupled with MTU 16V 4000 M90 engines, delivering a combined {{convert|8160|kW|abbr=on}} of power. An aluminium [[superstructure]] reduces weight and is designed to reduce radar cross-section.

As patrol vessels, they are lightly armed. They carry various sensors, including the Furuno navigation radar and sonar. Armament on board includes a 30 mm [[CRN 91 Naval Gun|CRN-91]] [[automatic cannon]] with an electronic day-night fire control system of [[Ordnance Factories Organisation|Ordnance Factory Board]] (OFB) and [[Bharat Electronics Limited]] (BEL) origin. The vessels also mount two 12.7 mm [[heavy machine gun]]s (HMG) and multiple medium machine guns, besides carrying shoulder-launched [[9K38 Igla|Igla]] [[surface-to-air missile]]s to combat aerial threats.

The first two vessels commissioned were initially restricted to speeds up to {{convert|27|kn|lk=in}} due to deficiency in the gearboxes, which was later rectified by KPCL. INS ''Kabra'', the eighth in the class, has a top speed of more than {{convert|35|kn}}. The improved maneuverability and speed allows these vessels to have high-speed interdiction of fast-moving targets.<ref name=hindu_commissioned/>

The last four ships are an improved variant of the ''Car Nicobar''-class patrol boats and have been dubbed 'follow on waterjet fast attack craft' (FOWJFAC) by the Indian Navy. Improvements include an enhanced electrical power generation capacity of 280 kW and twice the reverse osmosis (RO) capacity at 4 tonnes per day.<ref name="jdw-1jul15">{{cite news |last1=Mazumdar |first1=Mrityunjoy |title=GRSE launches three fast attack craft for Indian Navy |url=https://www.janes.com/article/52703/grse-launches-three-fast-attack-craft-for-indian-navy |work=IHS Jane's Defence Weekly |date=1 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705010451/https://www.janes.com/article/52703/grse-launches-three-fast-attack-craft-for-indian-navy |archive-date=5 July 2022}}</ref>

==Vessels==

{| class="wikitable"
!Yard No.
!Name
!Pennant number
!Builder
!Launched
!Commissioned
!Homeport
!Status
|-
!colspan=8 | {{navy|India}}
|-
! colspan=9 | '''Fleet I'''
|-
| 2057
| ''Car Nicobar''
| T69
| rowspan=10|{{align|center|[[GRSE]]}}
| 23 November 2007
| 16 February 2009
|[[Chennai]]
|Active
|-
| 2058
| ''Chetlat''
| T70
| 27 November 2007
| 16 February 2009
|Chennai
|Active<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=47493 |title=Commissioning of INS Carnicobar & INS Chetlat |publisher=Government of India |date=13 February 2009 |access-date=30 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194156/http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=47493 |archive-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 2059
| ''Cora Divh''<ref>[http://www.grse.nic.in/events10.htm Launching Ceremony of Kora Divh(Yard-2059) and Cheriyam (Yard-2060) on 16 Jul 2008] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719194855/http://www.grse.nic.in/events10.htm |date=19 July 2011 }}</ref>
| T71
| 16 July 2008
| 10 September 2009
|[[Port Blair]]
|Active
|-
| 2060
| ''Cheriyam''
| T72
| 16 July 2008
| 10 September 2009
|[[Port Blair ]]
|Active<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyindia.com/show/333266.php |title=Indian Navy inducts two fast attack crafts to boost surveillance |publisher=Daily India |access-date=30 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074327/http://www.dailyindia.com/show/333266.php |archive-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 2061
| ''Cankarso''
| T73
| 27 March 2009
| 29 June 2010
|[[Goa]]
|Active<ref>[http://www.grse.nic.in/events3-27.htm Launching Ceremony of Cankarso (Yard 2061), Kondul (Yard 2062), Kalpeni (Yard 2063) on 27 Mar 09] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619085344/http://www.grse.nic.in/events3-27.htm |date=19 June 2009 }}</ref>
|-
| 2062
| ''Kondul''
| T74
| 27 March 2009
| 29 June 2010
|Goa
|Active
|-
| 2063
| ''Kalpeni''
| T75
| 27 March 2009
| 14 October 2010
|[[Kochi]]
| Active
|-
| 2064
| {{INS|Kabra|T76|2}}
| T76
| 29 March 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grse.nic.in/Launching.pdf|title=Simultaneous launching of three Waterjet Fast Attack Crafts
|access-date=7 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719195113/http://www.grse.nic.in/Launching.pdf |archive-date=19 July 2011 }}</ref>
| 8 June 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/indian-naval-ship-kabra-commissioning-on-jun-8/715919.html |title=Indian Naval ship Kabra commissioning on Jun 8 |publisher=IBNLive.in.com |date=6 June 2011 |access-date=30 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015171010/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/indian-naval-ship-kabra-commissioning-on-jun-8/715919.html |archive-date=15 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|Kochi
| Active
|-
| 2065
| ''Koswari''
| T77
| 29 March 2010
| 12 July 2011<ref>[http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30474552&SRCH=1 Indian Navy commissions Fast attack craft INS Koswari] {{dead link|date=September 2022}}</ref>
|Port Blair
| Active
|-
| 2066
| ''Karuva''
| T78
| 29 March 2010
| 25 August 2011
| Karwar
| Active<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/186232/fast-attack-warship-ins-karuva.html |title=Fast attack warship INS Karuva commissioned |newspaper=Deccan Herald|access-date=30 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082006/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/186232/fast-attack-warship-ins-karuva.html |archive-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
! colspan=9 | '''Fleet II: FOWJFAC<ref name="jdw-1jul15" />'''
|-
| 2109
| {{INS|Tarmugli|T91|2}}
| T91
| rowspan=4|{{align|center|[[GRSE]]}}
| 30 June 2015
| 23 May 2016
|[[Visakhapatnam]]
|Active<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/ins-tarmugli-joins-the-indian-navy-116052300832_1.html |url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160526015454/http://www.business-standard.com/article/government-press-release/ins-tarmugli-joins-the-indian-navy-116052300832_1.html | title = INS Tarmugli Joins the Indian Navy | archive-date = 26 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/ins-tarmugli-joins-indian-navy|title=INS Tarmugli joins the Indian Navy {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=2016-05-23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524103836/http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/ins-tarmugli-joins-indian-navy|archive-date=24 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 2110
| {{INS|Tillanchang|T92|2}}
| T92
| 30 June 2015
| 9 March 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/ins-tillanchang-commissioned-to-indian-navy-by-vice-admiral-girish-luthra/580582/|title=INS Tillanchang commissioned to Indian Navy by Vice Admiral Girish Luthra|date=2017-03-09|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2017-03-09|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311184847/http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/ins-tillanchang-commissioned-to-indian-navy-by-vice-admiral-girish-luthra/580582/|archive-date=11 March 2022}}</ref>
|Karwar
| Active
|-
| 2111
| {{INS|Tihayu|T93|2}}
| T93
| 30 June 2015
| 19 October 2016<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ins-tihayu-commissioned/article9238836.ece|title=INS Tihayu commissioned|last=Bhattacharjee|first=Sumit|date=2016-10-19|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-10-19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020153450/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ins-tihayu-commissioned/article9238836.ece|archive-date=20 October 2022}}</ref>
|Visakhapatnam
|Active
|-
| 2112
| {{INS|Tarasa|T94|2}}
| T94
| 30 June 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/launch-grse-yards-2112-fo-wjfac|title=Launch of GRSE Yards 2112 (FO-WJFAC) {{!}} Indian Navy|website=indiannavy.nic.in|access-date=2016-06-30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701140740/http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/launch-grse-yards-2112-fo-wjfac|archive-date=1 July 2022}}</ref>
|26 September 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/74407/indian-navy-commissions-fourth-improved-car-nicobar-class-patrol-vessel|title=Indian Navy commissions fourth improved Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel {{!}} Jane's 360|website=www.janes.com|access-date=2017-09-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926201133/http://www.janes.com/article/74407/indian-navy-commissions-fourth-improved-car-nicobar-class-patrol-vessel|archive-date=26 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/ins-tarasa-commissioned-into-indian-navy/articleshow/60841628.cms|title=INS Tarasa commissioned into Indian Navy|date=2017-09-26|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-09-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927003938/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/ins-tarasa-commissioned-into-indian-navy/articleshow/60841628.cms|archive-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
| Mumbai
|Active
|}

==Operations==
INS ''Car Nicobar'' and INS ''Chetlat'' are based in [[Chennai]] under India's Eastern Naval Command.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/17/stories/2009021757620100.htm |title=Indigenously designed Fast Attack Crafts commissioned |date=17 February 2009 |access-date=30 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103212149/http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/17/stories/2009021757620100.htm |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=3 November 2022}}</ref>

INS ''Cankarso'' and INS ''Kondul'' are based in [[Goa]] under the Western Naval Command.<ref name=1india>{{cite web |url=http://news.oneindia.in/2011/02/03/navalship-that-helped-catch-somali-pirates-returns-togoa-aid0126.html |title=Naval ship that helped catch Somali pirates returns to Goa |publisher=oneindia news |date=3 February 2011 |access-date=30 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006120718/http://news.oneindia.in/2011/02/03/navalship-that-helped-catch-somali-pirates-returns-togoa-aid0126.html |archive-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>

INS ''Kalpeni'' is based in [[Kochi]] under the Southern Naval Command.<ref name=kondul>[http://www.grse.nic.in/Handing%20over%20of%20WJFAC.pdf Handing over of WJFAC, Yd No. 2063 (Kalpeni) – 25 Aug 10] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719194935/http://www.grse.nic.in/Handing%20over%20of%20WJFAC.pdf |date=19 July 2011 }}</ref>

===Operation Island Watch===
In January 2011, as a part of ''Operation Island Watch'', INS ''Cankarso'' and INS ''Kalpeni'' were deployed on anti-piracy patrol to the west of the [[Lakshadweep]] archipelago.<ref name=1india/> On 28 January, ''Cankarso'' responded to a [[Mayday (distress signal)|''Mayday'']] call from a [[container ship]]. Upon reaching the site, she saw [[Somali pirate]] [[skiff]]s being hoisted aboard a hijacked [[Thailand|Thai]] [[fishing trawler]], ''Prantalay 14'', which was being used as a pirate [[mother ship]].<ref name=hindu_commissioned>{{cite news|title=Fast Attack Craft INS Kabra commissioned|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2088393.ece|access-date=21 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=9 June 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610182911/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2088393.ece|archive-date=10 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=csm>{{cite news |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/0207/India-pushes-back-on-Somali-pirates-new-mother-ship-offensive |title=India pushes back on Somali pirates' new 'mother ship' offensive |publisher=CSMonitor.com |date=7 February 2011 |access-date=30 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102250/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2011/0207/India-pushes-back-on-Somali-pirates-new-mother-ship-offensive |archive-date=6 October 2022}}</ref>

''Cankarso'' ordered the pirated ship to stop for inspection. The pirates on board fired on ''Cankarso'' as they tried to flee west towards [[Somalia]]. ''Cankarso'' returned the fire, which hit some of the fuel drums stored on ''Prantalay 14''{{'}}s deck for refuelling the skiffs. The mother ship was set ablaze and sank, even as ''Kalpeni'' and an [[Indian Coast Guard]] patrol vessel, ICGS ''Sankalp'', reached the site. 15 pirates were arrested, and the 20 crew of the fishing trawler were all rescued unharmed.<ref name=mb>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinebuzz.com/2011/01/30/pirate-mother-ship-prantalay-sinks-off-lakshadweep-during-anti-piracy-operations-by-india/ |title=Pirate Mother Ship Prantalay Sinks off Lakshadweep during Anti Piracy Operations by India |publisher=MarineBuzz.com |date=30 January 2011 |access-date=30 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403182538/http://www.marinebuzz.com/2011/01/30/pirate-mother-ship-prantalay-sinks-off-lakshadweep-during-anti-piracy-operations-by-india/ |archive-date=3 April 2022}}</ref>

In another operation on 13 March 2011, an Indian Navy patrol aircraft spotted the [[Mozambique]]-registered fishing vessel, ''Vega 5'', when responding to a merchant ship reporting a pirate attack. [[Beira, Mozambique|Beira-based]] ''Vega 5'', owned by Spanish company [[Pescanova|Pescamar Lda]], had been captured on 27 December 2010 by pirates who were demanding US$1.8 million in ransom.<ref name=aa-vega5>{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201102070657.html |publisher=allAfrica.com |title=Mozambique: Pirates Demand Ransom, Say 'Vega 5' Relatives |date=6 February 2011 |access-date=30 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019031255/http://allafrica.com/stories/201102070657.html |archive-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> INS ''Kalpeni'' intercepted the pirated ship about {{convert|1100|km|mi}} off Kochi on India's west coast. A fire broke out on the vessel when ''Kalpeni'' returned fired after being fired upon by the pirates. 61 pirates were rescued and arrested after they jumped into the Arabian Sea to escape the fire. The crew of ''Kalpeni'' put out the fire on board ''Vega 5'', rescued her 13 crew members and escorted her to [[Mumbai]]. [[Rocket-propelled grenade]]s and over 80 [[assault rifle]]s were recovered from the pirates.<ref name=dna-vega>{{cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_navy-intercepts-pirate-ship-13-crew-rescued-61-brigands-held_1519685 |title=Indian Navy captures 61 pirates, rescues 13 sailors |newspaper=DNA India |date=14 March 2011 |access-date=30 September 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314232417/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_navy-intercepts-pirate-ship-13-crew-rescued-61-brigands-held_1519685 |archive-date=14 March 2022}}</ref><ref name=db-20110313>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailybreeze.com/latestnews/ci_17611248 |title=Indian navy captures 61 pirates |publisher=The Daily Breeze News |date=13 March 2011 |access-date=20 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524185127/http://www.dailybreeze.com/latestnews/ci_17611248 |archive-date=24 May 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of active Indian Navy ships]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Car Nicobar class patrol vessels}}
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Ships/Active/201-Car-Nicobar-Class.html Car Nicobar Class – Bharat Rakshak]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090411124648/http://news.oneindia.mobi/2007/11/28/494482.html INS Chetlat launched at GRSE]
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1071128/asp/calcutta/story_8599567.asp New age ship for patrol]
* [http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080716/1001618.html GRSE launches two modern warships for Indian Navy]

===Video===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys5sRVuIMTM INS Cankarso - Comprehensive Review by Autocar India]
* [http://specials.rediff.com/news/2008/jul/17video1.htm Indian Navy adds new warships]

===Images===
* [http://www.grse.nic.in/events10.htm Commissioning ceremony of INS Kora Divh and INS Cheriyam]
* [http://pib.nic.in/release/phsmall.asp?phid=22108 Governor taking salute during commissioning ceremony]
* [http://pib.nic.in/release/phsmall.asp?phid=22110 INS Car Nicobar during commissioning ceremony]
* [http://pib.nic.in/release/phsmall.asp?phid=22111 INS Chetlat during commissioning ceremony]

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