INS Tarmugli

December 16, 2023

INS Tarmugli, a Fast Attack Craft has been commissioned into the Navy.
The vessel was originally designed and constructed by Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on March 17, 2001.
The Trinkat Class FAC which was gifted to the Maldivian Naval Defence Forces (MNDF) in 2006 by India.
The ship was returned in May 2023 and post extensive restoration work by the Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, was reincarnated in its present avatar.
The warship is fitted with advanced MTU engines, water jet propulsion, latest communication equipment, a 30 mm gun and an advanced Radar system
It will be extensively used for coastal surveillance and protection of our ODAs in the KG Basin area and along the East Coast of India.
INS Tarmugli would operate under the Naval Officer-in-Charge (Andhra Pradesh).
It is named after a picturesque island in the Andaman group.
The 320-tonne INS Tarmugli, measuring 48 meters in length, can achieve speeds in excess of 30 knots.