INS Trinkat is a patrol vessel of the Indian Navy were designed and constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers in Kolkata, West Bengal.
![]() INS Trinkat (T61)
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Class overview | |
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Name | INS Trinkat |
Builders | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
Operators | Indian Navy |
Preceded by | Seaward class |
Succeeded by | Bangaram class |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Displacement | 260 ton (full load)[1] |
Length | 46 m (151 ft) |
Beam | 7.5 m (25 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 33 |
Armament | 1 × 2A42 Medak 30 mm gun |
Role
editThe patrol vessel carry out fisheries protection, anti-poaching, counter-insurgency and search-and-rescue operations in coastal areas and in the exclusive economic zone. This ship is named after Trinkat Island. The vessels of the class are named after islands from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands or the Lakshadweep Islands.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Vessel, Fast Patrol. "Trinkat Class - Bharat Rakshak :: Indian Navy". Retrieved 17 March 2017.