ABG fast interceptor craft

ABG fast interceptor crafts are a series of thirteen 26 m high-speed interceptor boats designed and supplied in knocked down kits by Henderson based Global Marine Design (Headed by Gavin Mair) and assembled by ABG Shipyard, Surat for the Indian Coast Guard.

Design
They are wide aluminum hulled water jet propelled vessels for operations in close coastal and shallow waters. They Have an endurance of 500 nautical miles at 25 knots and capable of doing high speed up to 45 knots and are fitted with a 12.7 mm ‘Prahari’ Heavy Machine Gun (HMG). They have a crew of eleven enrolled personnel, with one officer and ten sailors.

Orders
Initially two units were ordered by Indian Coast Guard for evaluation during 1999-2000 at a cost of Rs 26.5 crore. The first unit (C-141) was launched in October 2000 and was delivery in 2001. The second unit (C-142) was delivered on 08 Feb 2002. They were commissioned at Porbandar and were extensively tested by the Coast Guard for ascertaining their speed and design specifications. The boats achieved the desired speed during trials. There after a follow-on order was placed on 30 March 2006 for 11 boats. The cost price of each unit in follow-on order was Rs 17.63 crore, aggregating to Rs 193.94 crore for the whole order.

Specifications

 * Overall Length: 26.00 m
 * Waterline Length: 21.75 m
 * Beam: 6.60 m
 * Draft @ Working Displacement: 1.180 m
 * Working Displacement: 90 tonnes (approx.)
 * Light Displacement: 60.60 tonnes (approx.)
 * Deck height above Waterline: 2.195 m
 * Bow Freeboard at rest: 2.925 m
 * Fuel Capacity: 7,000 Litres (approx.)
 * Engine: 2 x MTU 12V4000 @ 2100 RPM
 * Propulsion system: 2 x Kamewa 63-S2 Waterjet
 * Total Installed Power: 2 x 2,040 kW
 * Sprint Speed: 84 km/hr
 * Cruise Speed: 65 km/hr