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-hulled, water jet-propelled vessels for operations in close coastal and shallow waters. They have an endurance of at and capable of doing high speed up to . The ABG fast interceptors 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.

History

Initially two units were ordered by the 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 delivered in 2001. The second unit (''C-142'') was delivered on 8 February 2002. They were commissioned at

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and were extensively tested by the Coast Guard for ascertaining their speed and design specifications. The boats achieved the desired speed during trials. Thereafter a follow-on order was placed on 30 March 2006 for 11 boats. The cost price of each unit in the follow-on order was Rs 17.63 crore, aggregating to Rs 193.94 crore for the whole order.

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