Nakul class of tugboats are series of service watercraft built by Tebma Shipyard Limited. (a subsidiary of Bharati Shipyard Ltd), for Indian navy during 2004. The vessels in the class have a rated capacity of 25 ton bollard pull. Propulsion is provided by Voith Schneider Propellers. It is a follow-up of Madan Singh class tugboat.

External images
Nakul Class
image icon INS Nakul
image icon INS Arjun
image icon 25 T BP Voith Tug(Nakul)

Ships in the class edit

Name Date of commission IMO number[1]
INS Nakul
INS Arjun 2004 9069669

Specifications edit

The specifications are from the website of the manufacturer Tebma Shipyard Ltd.[2]

  • Length: 32.5 m
  • Breadth: 9.50 m
  • Depth: 4 m
  • Speed: 12 knots
  • Bollard pull: 25 tonnes
  • Displacement: 373.14 tonnes
  • Draft: 2.8 m
  • Output :2 x 1320 kW
  • Main engines: Wartsila 8 L20

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ships Maritime Connector Archived 20 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Vessels delivered".