title: Nikaraksha-class bucket dredger
text: # Nikaraksha-class bucket dredger
  
  The Nikaraksha class of bucket dredger is a pair of yardcraft built by Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai for the Indian Navy. Nikaraksha commissioned in 1967 and has a dredging capacity of 1,000 cubic yards (760 $m^3)$ per hour at a 45-foot (14 m) dredging depth.
  
  Nikaraksha-class bucket dredgers :
  
  | Name | Launch | Commission |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nikaraksha | | March 1967 |
  | Kichodhara | 27 March 74 | 1 May 1975 |
  