INS Bitra
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | INS Bitra |
| Builders | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers |
| Operators |  Indian Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessels |
| Displacement | 260 tons (full load)[1] |
| Length | 46 m (151 ft) |
| Beam | 7.5 m (25 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 4000 M90 engines (7492hp) |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement | 33 |
| Armament | 1 × CRN-91 (2A42 Medak) 30mm gun |
INS Bitra (T66), the second ship of
ECIL and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. Rear Admiral Sanjay Vadgaokar commissioned the fast attack ship in Vasco da Gama, Goa on 28 March 2006.[2]
Operations
In December 2016 INS Bitra was operationally deployed to
cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal.[3]
In February 2016 together with INS Saryu visited Yangon in Myanmar on an official port visit.[4]
References
- ^ "Bangaram class". Bharat-Rakshak.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Indian Navy commissions INS Bitra".
- ^ "Havelock Island: Navy to Rescue 800 Tourists Stranded in Andaman".
- ^ "Two Indian warships call at Myanmar port".