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{{Short description|Indian navy patrol craft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
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 | name = Couach fast interceptor boats
 | builders = Chantier Naval Couach, [[Gujan-Mestras]], France
 | operators = {{Navy|India}}
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 | in_commission_range = July 2011{{ndash}}present<ref name="defencenow237">{{cite web |url=http://www.defencenow.com/news/237/indian-navy-to-acquire-80-interceptor-boats-from-sri-lanka.html |title=Indian Navy to Acquire 80 Interceptor Boats from Sri Lanka |work=defencenow.com |date=6 July 2011 |accessdate=18 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404161359/http://www.defencenow.com/news/237/indian-navy-to-acquire-80-interceptor-boats-from-sri-lanka.html |archive-date=4 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 | total_ships_planned = 15
 | total_ships_completed = 15<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTERCEPTOR, THE FIRST |url=https://couach.com/timeline/15-high-speed-vessels/ |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Couach |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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 | total_ships_active = 15<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Military Balance 2024|publisher=The International Institute for Strategic Studies|pages=269}}</ref>
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 | header_caption = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plascoa.com/en/patrol-boats/plascoa-1300-interceptor/ |title=Plascoa Couach Patrol boats |work=plascoa.com |year=2012 |accessdate=18 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224531/http://www.plascoa.com/en/patrol-boats/plascoa-1300-interceptor/ |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 | class = Plascoa 1300 Fast Interceptor Boat
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 | displacement = {{Convert|12|LT|t|0|lk=on|abbr=on}}
 | length = {{Convert|13|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
 | beam = {{Convert|3.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
 | draught = {{Convert|0.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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 | propulsion = 2 × {{Convert|800|hp|0|abbr=on}} [[MAN SE|MAN]] R6-800 engines
 | speed = {{Convert|50|kn|lk=in}}
 | range = {{Convert|200|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{Convert|20|kn|abbr=on}}
 | complement = 4
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'''Couach fast interceptor boats''' are patrol boats. Built by the French shipyard Chantier Naval Couach for the [[Indian Navy]].

==Background==
On 27 March 2010, in the wake of the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]], the Indian Navy placed an order worth around 600m [[Indian rupee|rupees]] (US$13.2m) for 15 boats with Chantier Naval Couach, to improve their coastal security net.<ref name="defencenow237"/>

==Vessel==
The Couach fast interceptor boats are equipped with twin {{Convert|800|hp|0|abbr=on}} [[MAN SE|MAN]] engines driving through a complete Twin Disc propulsion system consisting of MGX-5114A QuickShift transmissions, ASD11 Arneson Surface Drives with BCS trim tabs and EC300 electronic controls, and can achieve a top speed of {{Convert|50|kn|lk=in}}.

==Deployment==
All 15 interceptor boats were inducted by the Indian Navy by the end of 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTERCEPTOR, THE FIRST |url=https://couach.com/timeline/15-high-speed-vessels/ |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=Couach |language=en-GB}}</ref> These boats will be utilised by various Indian Navy units to patrol and intercept suspicious vessels closed to vital domestic assets.

==See also==
*[[Solas Marine Fast Interceptor Boat]]
*[[ABG Interceptor Class fast attack crafts]]
*[[Cochin Fast Patrol Vessels]]
*[[L&T fast interceptor craft]]
*[[Rajshree class inshore patrol vessel]]
*[[Rani Abbakka Class]]
*[[Alcock Ashdown Survey Catamaran]]
*[[Manoram class ferry]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Fast attack craft of the Indian Navy]]