India Navy has commissioned INS Tillanchang at Karwar, Karnataka. It is a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC)
It is the third ship of four follow-on WJFAC built by the Kolkata based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE).
The first two ships INS Tarmugli and INS Tihayu which were commissioned in 2016.
These ships will play a vital role in light of India’s security environment.
They are designed to take on both conventional and asymmetric threats.
INS Tillanchang has been indigenously designed and built and is an upgrade from the Chetlat class of Fast Attack Craft (FCA).
The Indian Navy has recently commissioned a new Car Nicobar-class high-speed offshore patrol vessel, the INS Tillanchang.
The class and its vessels are named after an island in the Andaman.
They are the first water jet propelled vessels of the Indian Navy.
They can reach top speeds of over 35 knots (65 km/h).
Production of the class was fast-tracked after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
The vessels are designed as a cost-effective platform for patrol, anti-piracy and rescue operations in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief.
The vessels can also be used for the interception of fast moving surface craft, anti-smuggling and fisheries protection.
