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'''INS ''Purak''''' is a self-propelled fuel carrier barge built by [[Modest Infrastructure Ltd]] in [[Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]], for the [[Indian Navy]].<ref name=fi11>{{cite news|title=Oil Barge Purak inducted into Navy|url=http://frontierindia.net/album/oil-barge-purak-inducted-into-navy|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=Frontier India|date=11 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617083422/http://frontierindia.net/album/oil-barge-purak-inducted-into-navy|archive-date=17 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==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: 40323) with Class notation : +SUL + IY., for carriage of oil with flash point above 60 Degree.<ref name=fi11 /><ref name=mil>{{cite web|title=Modest Infrastructure Ltd|url=http://company.indiatradepage.com/143801/|publisher=MIL|accessdate=20 January 2013}}</ref>

It is named after a previous auxiliary vessel of same name built by [[Mazagon Dock Limited]], [[Bombay]] which served the Indian Navy. ''Purak'' is part of a series of five barges being built by the Modest Infrastructure Limited. Its sister ship is [[INS Puran]]. It was inducted into the Indian Navy on 11 April 2012 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai by Rear Admiral [[Deepak Bali]], Flag Officer, Doctrine and Concepts, Indian Navy.<ref name=fi11 /><ref name=mil />

== See also ==
*[[INS Puran]]
*[[INS Poshak (Shalimar)]]
*[[Ambika class replenishment ship]]
*[[Hooghly class fuel barge]]

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[[Category:Auxiliary ships of the Indian Navy]]

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>BrownHairedGirl at 11:41, 3 May 2021