INS Purak
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INS Purak (Literally means Inhalation)https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/puraka is a self-propelled fuel carrier barge built by Modest Infrastructure Ltd in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, for the Indian Navy.{{cite news|title=Oil Barge Purak inducted into Navy|url=http://frontierindia.net/album/oil-barge-purak-inducted-into-navy|accessdate=20 January 2013|newspaper=Frontier India|date=11 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617083422/http://frontierindia.net/album/oil-barge-purak-inducted-into-navy|archive-date=17 June 2012|url-status=dead}}
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: 40323) with Class notation : +SUL + IY., for carriage of oil with flash point above 60 Degree.{{cite web|title=Modest Infrastructure Ltd|url=http://company.indiatradepage.com/143801/|publisher=MIL|accessdate=20 January 2013}}
It is named after a previous auxiliary vessel of same name built by Mazagon Dock Limited, Bombay which served the Indian Navy. Purak is part of a series of five barges being built by the Modest Infrastructure Limited. Its sister ship is INS Puran. It was inducted into the Indian Navy on 11 April 2012 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai by Rear Admiral Deepak Bali, Flag Officer, Doctrine and Concepts, Indian Navy.