Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers

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Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) is a hundred year old^[1] company and one of India's leading shipyards which is owned by the Government of India. It builds and repairs a wide range of vessels from warships for the Indian Navy to merchant shipping vessels.

It was founded in 1884 as a small factory on the eastern bank of the river Hooghly. It was renamed Garden Reach Workshop in 1916, and was incorporated as a Company under the Indian Companies Act. The company was taken over by the Government of India on 1st April, 1960.

1 Manufacturing facilities
2 Types of ships
3 Other manufacturing facilities
4 Acquisition
5 See also
6 References

[edit] Manufacturing facilities

The company has a total of seven manufacturing units, out of which six are in Kolkata and one at Ranchi. Among the various manufacturing units are:

Computer Aided Design (CAD) centre
Plate preparation and steel fabrication workshop
A covered all-weather non-tidal wet basin for fitting out medium and small ships
Dry dock for building as well as repair of ships up to 26,000 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
An independent fitting out complex for ships consisting of three alongside berths with supporting shops and necessary facilities
Two river jetties for berthing vessels up to 60 metres in length
One building berth and two slipways equipped with cranage near the hull construction shops for quick and easy completion of tasks
An engine repair and overhauling plant at Ranchi for the general repair and overhauling of MAN, MTU and BERGEN diesel engines

[edit] Types of ships

The company manufactures^[2] warships including the Godavari-class frigate, missile corvettes, fleet replenishment tankers, fast patrol vessels, landing ship tanks and hovercraft for the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard. Among commercial and scientific ships it makes oceanographic-cum-hydrographic research vessels, marine acoustic research ships, non-propelled dredgers, grab hopper dredgers, trailing suction hopper dredgers, tugboats, and bulk carriers.

In 2006, the company launched and commissioned two frigates for the Indian Navy. A further four warships are under construction.^[3]

Trinkat class^[4]

INS Trinkat Commissioned 28 September 2000
INS Tillanchang Commissioned 17 March 2001 (Transferred to Maldives National Security Service (NSS) on 16 April 2006 and renamed NSS Huravee)
INS Tarasa Commissioned 24 August 2001
INS Tarmugli Commissioned 04 March 2002 (Transferred to Seychelles Coast Guard on 23 February 2005 and was renamed SCG Topaz)

Bangaram class patrol craft^[5]

INS Bangaram Commissioned 10 February 2006
INS Bitra Commissioned 28 March 2006
INS Batti Malv Commissioned 31 July 2006
INS Baratang Commissioned 12 September 2006

Shardul class landing ship tank

INS Shardul commissioned 4 January 2007 at Karwal Naval Base, INS Kadamba.^[6] It has a primary role of transporting troops, vehicles and armaments across to enemy shores, and can carry 11 main battle tanks, 10 army vehicles and 500 troops. It has a flight deck that can handle the Sea King or the Dhruv helicopter.^[7]
INS Kesari Commissioned October 2007
INS Airavat is to be commissioned in 2008.

[edit] Other manufacturing facilities

Deck machinery & shipboard equipment
Engines
Deep well water pumps
Portable bridges
Material handling
General engineering
Technical training

[edit] Acquisition

On July 1, 2006 GRSE^[8] bought the Rajabagan dockyard (RBD) of Central Inland water Transport Corporation Ltd.(CIWTC). This 33-acre dockyard with a waterfront of 600 metres would solve GRSE’s land shortage problems and increase their production area.