IRS-class barge

The IRS-class ACTCM barge is a series of 19 ammunition barge built for the Indian Navy by two MSME shipyards. Under the project, 11 Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile (ACTCM) barges are being built by Suryadipta Projects Pvt Ltd of Thane, Maharashtra while 8 Missile Cum Ammunition (MCA) barges are being built by SECON Engineering Projects Pvt Ltd of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The contracts with the shipyards were signed on 5 March 2021 and 19 February 2021, respectively. The barges are either based at INS Tunir, Naval Missile Depot at Mumbai, or Naval Ammunition Depot (NAD), Karanja at Naval Dockyard (Mumbai). The model testing of the barge during design stage was undertaken at NSTL, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh under relevant Naval Rules and Regulation of Indian Register of Shipping.