Nakul class of tugboats are series of service watercraft built by
Tebma Shipyard Limited
Tebma Shipyards Limited is a Chennai based shipbuilding company in India. The company has delivered more than 150 vessels, mainly offshore support vessels. It was shut down in June 2018 due to various reasons.
History
Tebma was incorporated in ...
. (a subsidiary of
Bharati Shipyard Ltd), for
Indian navy
The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates si ...
during 2004. The vessels in the class have a rated capacity of 25 ton
bollard pull
Bollard pull is a conventional measure of the pulling (or towing) power of a watercraft. It is defined as the force (in tonnes force, or kilonewtons (kN)) exerted by a vessel under full power, on a shore-mounted bollard through a tow-line, commonl ...
. Propulsion is provided by
Voith Schneider Propeller
The Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP) is a specialized marine propulsion system (MPS) manufactured by the Voith Group based on a cyclorotor design. It is highly maneuverable, being able to change the direction of its thrust almost instantaneously ...
s. It is a follow-up of
Madan Singh class tugboat
The ''Madan Singh'' class of tugboats are series of service watercraft built by Tebma Shipyard Limited (a subsidiary of Bharati Shipyard Ltd), for Indian navy during 1999. Propulsion is provided by Voith Schneider Propeller
The Voith Schne ...
.
Ships in the class
Specifications
The specifications are from the website of the manufacturer ''Tebma Shipyard Ltd.''
[Vessels delivered]
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*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
* Tugboats of the Indian Navy
References
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Auxiliary ships of the Indian Navy
Tugs of the Indian Navy
Auxiliary tugboat classes