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Training ship of the Indian Navy For other ships with the same name, see INS Tir.

History
INS Tir (A86)
India
Name	INS Tir
Namesake	"Arrow"
Builder	Mazagon Dock Limited
Commissioned	21 February 1986
Identification	IMO number: 8102191
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Tir-class training ship
Displacement	3,200 tons (full load)
Length	105.85 m (347.3 ft)
Beam	13.20 m (43.3 ft)
Draught	4.8 m (16 ft)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × 7,072 hp (5,274 kW) motors
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	20 officers/staff 120 officers/midshipmen
Sensors and processing systems	Bharat/Racal Decca 1245 radar at I-band frequency
Armament	CRN-91 30 mm autocannon 2 Bofors 40 mm/60 (twin) Flare launchers 4 × saluting guns
Aircraft carried	Platform for 1 HAL Chetak or HAL Dhruv

INS Tir (A86) (Hindi: Arrow) is the first dedicated cadets training ship to be built by Mazagon Dock Limited and commissioned as such by the Indian Navy. She is the senior ship of the 1st Training Squadron of the Southern Naval Command.

INS Tir was commissioned on 21 February 1986. Sensors on board Tir include Decca Radar and a SATNAV (Satellite Navigation) system. She can carry up to 293 people on board, though her typical deployment is with 20 instructors and staff and 120 cadets.

INS Tir is named after HMIS Tir, a River-class frigate of the Royal Indian Navy, earlier transferred from the Royal Navy where she served in World War II as HMS Bann (K256).

Operations

Anti-piracy

On the evening of 5 February 2011, INS Tir was on a training mission west of the Suheli Par atoll in the Lakshadweep archipelago. She was alerted by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Mumbai about Somali pirate activity in the area to her west. INS Tir tracked the pirate skiffs to a hijacked Thai fishing trawler Prantalay 11 being used as a pirate mother ship.

INS Tir was then joined by ICGS Samar of the Indian Coast Guard. When the cadets on board Tir ordered the pirate ship to stop for inspection, they were fired upon. The cadets returned fire in which three pirates were injured, before the pirates raised a white flag and surrendered. 28 pirates were arrested, and the 24 crew of the fishing trawler were rescued unharmed.

On 1 October 2024, Indian Navy's First Training Squadron, including INS Tir, INS Shardul and ICGS Veera, reached Bandar Abbas, Iran for training purposes. The Indian flotilla was greeted by IRIS Zereh (P235) of the Iran Navy. The objective of the visit was enhancing maritime cooperation and interoperability. On 5 October 2024, the First Training Squadron reached Muscat, Oman, the third time in the last decade. The flotilla will stay their until 9 October. On 12 October 2024, INS Tir along with ICGS Veera reached Port of Manama, Bahrain.