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The '''''Arga'' class''' of [[tugboat]]s 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]].

==Description==
Each vessel in the series is {{convert|22.8|m|ftin|sp=us}} long and {{convert|7.42|m|ftin|sp=us}} wide with a [[Draft (hull)|draft]] forward ([[Bow (ship)|bow]]) of {{convert|2.35|m|ftin|sp=us}}. 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 {{convert|850|hp|lk=in|adj=on}} [[Caterpillar Inc|Caterpillar]] [[Kirloskar Group|Kirloskar]] engines, coupled to two steerable rudder propellers of {{convert|1,350|mm|abbr=on}} 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]].<ref name=a>{{Cite web |url=http://www.skamarine.com/Projects2.html |title=:: Welcome to Ska Marine :: Projects |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221214715/http://www.skamarine.com/Projects2.html |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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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==Ships in the class==
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! Yard number<ref name=a/> ||IR number||IMO number||Ship name||Launch date|| Commissioning date || Home port
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| 145 ||41949 ||9600231|| INS ''Arga''|| ||1 August 2012 ||[[INS Kadamba]], [[Karwar]]
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| 146 ||41951 ||9600243|| INS ''Bali''||11 September 2012 ||28 September 2012||[[INS Kadamba]], [[Karwar]]
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| 147 ||41963 ||9600255|| INS ''Anup''||11 September 2012 ||28 September 2012||[[INS Kadamba]]. [[Karwar]]
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==See also==
* [[List of active Indian Navy ships#Tugboats|Tugboats of the Indian Navy]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/karwar-naval-shipyard-inducts-10tonne-tug/article3715587.ece Arga Commissioned at Karwar]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042207/http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/44926--indian-navy-gets-two-more-tugboats-from-malpe Bali and Anup launched]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053300/http://www.coastaldigest.com/index.php/news/45449-navy-gets-one-more-tugboat-in-karwar- Bali commissioned at Karwar]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130621234432/http://www.irclass.org/ship_info Specifications]
* [http://www.tebma.com/html/facilities/tempamaple.html Tebma official website]

{{Ship classes of the Indian Navy}}

[[Category:Ships of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Tugs of the Indian Navy]]
[[Category:Auxiliary tugboat classes]]

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