INS Puran

History
India
Name: Puran
Builder: Modest Infrastructure Ltd, Bhavnagar
Status: in active service, as of 2012
General characteristics
Tonnage: 731 Meters
Displacement: 1152 Tonnes
Length: 57.3 Meters
Beam: 11 Meters
Draught: 2.8 Meters
Installed power: 1044 KW CUMMINS
Speed: 12 Knots
Capacity: 500 tonnes of fuel

INS Puran is a self-propelled fuel carrier barge built by Modest Infrastructure Ltd in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, for the Indian Navy.

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:40634) with class notation : +SUL + IY, for carriage of oil with flash point above 60 degree.

Puran is part of a series of five barges being built by the Modest Infrastructure Limited. Its sister ship is INS Purak.

See also

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