Arga-class tugboat

Class overview
Name	Arga class
Operators	Indian Navy
Planned	6
Completed	3
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Tonnage	181 GT 35.52 DWT
Displacement	239.48 tonnes
Length	22.8 m (74 ft 10 in)
Beam	7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)
Draft	2.35 m (7 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	850 hp (630 kW) Caterpillar Kirloskar engines
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

The Arga class of tugboats are a series of six service watercraft being built by Tebma Shipyard Limited (a subsidiary of Bharati Shipyard Ltd) in Malpe, for the Indian Navy.

Each vessel in the series is 22.8 meters (74 ft 10 in) long and 7.42 meters (24 ft 4 in) wide with a draft forward (bow) of 2.35 meters (7 ft 9 in). Each tug has a capacity of 10 tonnes bollard pull at 85 per cent maximum continuous rating (MCR), speed of 12 knots at 85 per cent MCR and is fitted with two 850-horsepower (630 kW) Caterpillar Kirloskar engines, coupled to two steerable rudder propellers of 1,350 mm (53 in) diameter. The vessels have two auxiliary electrical generation plant of 60 kW each and are fitted with a sewage treatment plant. They have been designed by M/s Ska Marine, Chennai.^[1] INS Arga and INS Bali are named after the coastal villages of Karwar District and both were inducted into the service by Rear Admiral Atul Kumar Jain.

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INS Bali
INS Bali induction

• Tugboats of the Indian Navy

• Arga Commissioned at Karwar
• Bali and Anup launched
• Bali commissioned at Karwar
• Specifications
• Tebma official website