Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel

	INS Tarmugli (T91) near Visakhapatnam port.
Class overview
Name	Car Nicobar class
Builders	Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Operators	Indian Navy
Preceded by	Bangaram class
Succeeded by	NGFAC Class
Cost	₹500 million (US$6.3 million)
Built	2007–2017
In commission	14
Planned	14
Completed	14
Active	13 Indian Navy; 1 Maldivian Coast Guard;
Retired	0
General characteristics
Type	Fast attack craft
Displacement	Fleet I: 293 t (288 long tons; 323 short tons); Fleet II: 315 t (310 long tons; 347 short tons);
Length	48.9 m (160 ft 5 in)
Beam	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	3 × MTU 16V 4000 M90 diesel engines, 11,238 PS (8,266 kW); 3 × Hamilton HM811 waterjets;
Speed	35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Crew	29 including 6 officers
Sensors and ; processing systems	Navigation radar; LINK II tactical datalink and satellite communication (SATCOM) to Rukmani; Surface search radar;
Armament	1 × CRN-91 30mm autocannon; Igla SA-18 SAM; 2 × 12.7 mm HMGs;

The Car Nicobar class of high-speed offshore patrol vessels are built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) for the Indian Navy. The vessels are designed as a cost-effective platform for patrol, anti-piracy and rescue operations in India's exclusive economic zone. In 2023, one of the ships, INS Tarmugli, was donated to the Maldivian Coast Guard.

The class and its vessels are named for Indian islands. They are the first water jet-propelled vessels of the Indian Navy.

Unlike the United States Coast Guard's similarly sized Sentinel class cutters, the class is propelled by water jets, at up to 35 knots (65 km/h), where the American patrol vessels conventional propulsion systems maximum stated speed is 28 knots (52 km/h). Both classes have a mission endurance of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km).

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