Name Puran Displacement 1152 Tonnes Beam 11 Meters | Tonnage 731 Meters Length 57.3 Meters Builder Modest Infrastructure Ltd | |
Status in active service, as of 2012 | ||
INS Puran is a self-propelled fuel carrier barge built by Modest Infrastructure Ltd in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, for the Indian Navy.
Description
The auxiliary ship has a capacity to carry 500 tonnes of fuel. Purak has sea going capabilities and all of the essential communication and navigation equipment. The wheel house is air conditioned and the vessel is classed under IRS (No:40634) with class notation : +SUL + IY, for carriage of oil with flash point above 60 degree.
Puran is part of a series of five barges being built by the Modest Infrastructure Limited. Its sister ship is INS Purak.
References
INS Puran Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA