Nikaraksha-class bucket dredger

*Nikaraksha* class
Class overview
Builders:	Mazagon Dock Limited
Completed:	2
General characteristics
Type:	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

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↑ Hiranandani, GM, VADM (Ret). "Chapter 6: Indigenous Warship Design". Transition to Triumph. Indian Navy. Retrieved 30 July 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Zosen Year Book 1976-77

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[1] Hiranandani, GM, VADM (Ret). "Chapter 6: Indigenous Warship Design". Transition to Triumph. Indian Navy. Retrieved 30 July 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Zosen Year Book 1976-77

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Nikaraksha-class bucket dredger

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