Trinkat-class patrol vessel

INS Trinkat (T61)
Class overview
Name:	Trinkat class
Builders:	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Operators:	Indian Navy
Preceded by:	Seaward class
Succeeded by:	Bangaram class
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessels
Displacement:	260 ton (full load)
Length:	46 m (151 ft)
Beam:	7.5 m (25 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × MTU engines (3,500 hp each) 3 × 80 kW diesel generators
Speed:	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	33
Armament:	1 × 2A42 Medak 30 mm gun

The Trinkat-class patrol vessels of the Indian Navy were designed and constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers.

Role

The patrol vessels carry out fisheries protection, anti-poaching, counter-insurgency and search-and-rescue operations in coastal areas and in the exclusive economic zone. The vessels of the class are named after islands from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands or the Lakshadweep Islands.

Ships of the class

Name	Pennant	Homeport	Commissioned	Status
Trinkat	T61	Port Blair	28 September 2000	Active
Tillanchang	T62		17 March 2001	Transferred to Maldivian Coast Guard on 16 April 2006, as CGS Huravee
Tarasa	T63		24 August 2001	Transferred to Seychelles Coast Guard on 7 November 2014 as PS Constant
Tarmugli	T64		4 March 2002	Transferred to Seychelles Coast Guard on 23 February 2005, as SCG PS Topaz

See also

• Action of 30 March 2010
• List of active Indian Navy ships