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'''''Corporated''-class''' of sullage [[barges]] are series of seven yardcrafts being built by M/s [[Corporated Shipyard Private Limited]], [[Kolkata]] for the [[Indian navy]].<ref name=cs>{{Cite web |url=http://corporatedshipyard.com/project.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=3 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112190919/http://corporatedshipyard.com/project.html |archive-date=12 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Description==
The barges have a designed capacity to carry 300 tonnes of oil in 6 equal size tanks.<ref name=cs/> Their steel cutting was started on 21 October 2009 and keel laying of 4 Barges was done on 30 October 2009. They have been certified and classed by Indian Register of shipping.<ref name=irc>{{cite web |url=http://www.irclass.org/ship_info# |title=Ship Register Search | IRCLASS | Indian Register of Shipping |accessdate=2013-07-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621234432/http://www.irclass.org/ship_info |archivedate=2013-06-21 }}</ref> The barges will be in service of the [[Western Naval Command]]'s bases at [[Karwar]] and [[Mumbai]].
As of December 2012, construction of 4 barges have been completed. The SB-II barge however met an accident with Pamban railway bridge on 13 January 2013 while being delivered to the navy's Western Command.

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==Ships in the class==
{| class="wikitable"
! IRS no. || Barge name || Build date
|-
| 37974 || SB-I || 18 July 2011
|-
| 37194 || SB-V || 2 March 2011
|-
| 39697 || SB- VII || 11 August 2012
|-
| 41377 || SB-II || 18 December 2012
|}

==Specification==
*Gross weight: 220 tonnes<ref name=irc/>
*Net weight:66 tonnes
*Dead weight:302.8 tonnes
*Displacement:468 tonnes
*Light weight:165 tonnes
*Overall length: 31.5 meters
*LBP: 29.9 meters
*Brdth: 7.9 meters
*Draught (max): 2.75 meters
*Depth Mld: 3.6 meters

==References==
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==External links==
*http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article1423522.ece
*http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/barge-crashes-into-pamban-rail-bridge/article4305049.ece
{{Ship classes of the Indian Navy}}

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