L&T-class fast interceptor craft

Class overview
Name: L&T-class fast interceptor craft
Builders: Larsen & Toubro
Operators: Indian Coast Guard
Built: 2010–present
In commission: 2012–present
Planned: 54
Active: 28
General characteristics
Type: Fast interceptor craft
Displacement: 90 tonnes (89 long tons; 99 short tons)
Length: 30 m (98 ft 5 in)
Beam: 6.4m
Propulsion:
  • 2 × Caterpillar 3516C marine propulsion engines
  • 2 × C-4.4 auxiliary generator sets
  • 2 × MJP waterjets
Speed: 45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph)
Range: 500NM
Endurance: 24hr, logistically sustainable for 72hr
Complement: 1 officer and 11 men
Sensors and
processing systems:		 MARIS ECDIS900 SmartLine Mk10

L&T fast interceptor craft are a series of high-speed interceptor boats being built by L&T Shipyard for the Indian Coast Guard. The ships are intended for patrol and rescue operations in India's Exclusive Economic Zone.

Design

The interceptor boats are of planing-type, designed by the L&T Marine & Ship Design Division, an in-house facility of Larsen & Toubro Limited. They are 30 metres long with 90 tonnes displacement and can achieve a maximum speed of 45 knots. The interceptor boats has full aluminium-alloy hull for reduced weight and is powered by twin water-jet propulsion systems to enable quick response. The vessels are fitted with state-of-the-art navigation and communication equipment and medium-range armament. Each vessel is powered by two Caterpillar Marine Power Systems 3516C marine propulsion engines (2525 bkW @ 1800 rpm, ‘D’ Rating) and two C-4.4 auxiliary generator sets (86 eKW @ 1500 rpm). The water-jets for the high-speed interceptor boats are being supplied by MJP Waterjets. Delivery of the water-jets began in 2010 and will continue until 2013.[1] They are also fitted with MARIS ECDIS900 SmartLine Mk10 Flat Panel Computer with radar kit.[2]

The vessel's crew consists of one officer and eleven personnel and are designed to perform coastal surveillance, search and rescue, anti-smuggling and anti-poaching operations in close coast and can also operate effectively in shallow water.

Orders

M/s L&T secured an order on 22 March 2010 for building 36 high speed interceptor boats for Rs 977 crores.[3] It further secured an additional order on 22 January 2013 to produce 18 similar Interceptor boats for Rs 447 crore.[4] The boats are planned to be constructed at L&T’s existing shipyard at Hazira and at its new up-coming Kattupalli Shipyard near Ennore.

Commission and deployment

ICGS C-401, the first of the series was commissioned at Porbandar by Air Marshal A.K. Gogoi, Air Officer, Commanding-in-Chief South Western Air Command on 20 December 2012.[5] Its first deployment is at Mundra under the administrative and operational control of the Commander Coast Guard (North-West) region and commanded by Deputy Commandant Lakshya Sharma.

The second vessel of the class, C-402, was commissioned at Mumbai Naval Dockyard on 12 April 2013,[6] followed by C-403 at Mundra on 11 August 2013,[7] and C-404 at Beypore on 6 December 2013.[8] Till now, 25 of the 54 boats have been delivered by L&T to the Indian Coast Guard.

The ICGS C-421 was commissioned on 21 September 2015 at Androth (L&M Islands) commanded by Deputy Commandant Rohit Kulkarni.[9]

The ICGS C-422 was commissioned at the Karaikal Port on November 28. The vessel will patrol the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, along the Bay of Bengal.[10]

Ships of Class

Pennant Number Commissioned Homeport
ICGS C-401 20 December 2012 Porbandar
ICGS C-402 12 April 2013 Mumbai
ICGS C-403 11 August 2013 Mundra
ICGS C-404 6 December 2013 Beypore
ICGS C-406 17 February 2014 Kavaratti[11]
ICGS C-407 1 June 2014 Thiruvananthapuram[12]
ICGS C-409 17 July 2014 Porbandar[13]
ICGS C-410 4 November 2014 Goa[14]
ICGS C-411 17 July 2014 Porbandar
ICGS C-412 17 July 2014 Mandapam
ICGS C-413 19 January 2015 Okha[15]
ICGS C-414 19 January 2015 Mandapam[16]
ICGS C-415 5 June 2015 Karaikal[17]
ICGS C-416 5 June 2015 Mandapam[18]
ICGS C-417 29 March 2015 Chennai[19]
ICGS C-418 10 April 2015 Haldia[20]
ICGS C-419 15 May 2015 Pipavav[21]
ICGS C-420 15 May 2015 Karwar[21]
ICGS C-421 21 September 2015 Androth
ICGS C-422 November 28, 2015 Karaikal[22]
ICGS C-425 April 28, 2013 Paradip[23]
ICGS C-426 1 October 2013 Paradip[24]
ICGS C-428 Karaikal
ICGS C-430 29 March 2015 Chennai

See also

External images
L&T class High speed Interceptor Boat
ICGS C-401

References

  1. ↑ "MJP Waterjets $12M Contract for Indian Coast". marinelink.com. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Indian Coast Guard breakthrough for MARIS". maritime-executive.com. 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Gupta, J.P. (22 March 2010). "Indian Coast Guard to get 36 high speed boats". igovernment.in. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "L&T Secures Additional Defence Order for 18 Interceptor Boats" (PDF). Larsen & Toubro. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Coast Guard Ship C-401 commissioned at Porbandar". The Times of India. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Coast Guard interceptor boat commissioned". The Times of India. 15 April 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "Coast Guard hi-tech ship bolsters Kutch security". The Times of India. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "New ship adds teeth to Coast Guard operations". The Hindu. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Two Indian Coast Guard ships commissioned at Naval Dock - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  10. ↑ "Indian Coast Guard commissions new vessel: All you need to know : Polity and Governance". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
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  12. ↑ "Coast Guard ship C-407 commissioned - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  13. ↑ "Gujarat: coast guard gets three high-speed interceptor boats". Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  14. ↑ "Three patrol vessels for Coast Guard - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  15. ↑ "Boost for Coast Guard, Parrikar set to commission four ships on Monday : North, News - India Today". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  16. ↑ "Mandapam Coast Guard station gets one more interceptor boat - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  17. ↑ "Interceptor boat ICGS C-422 commissioned into Indian Coast Guard service". currentaffairs.gktoday.in. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  18. ↑ "Coast Guard Commissions 2 ships". Portwings. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  19. ↑ "Will enhance Coast Guard's capability - Coast Guard's Fast Patrol Vessel 'Anagh' & Interceptor boats commissioned - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  20. ↑ "Commissioning of the ICGS C 418 - SP's MAI". www.spsmai.com. Retrieved 2015-12-27. horizontal tab character in |title= at position 33 (help)
  21. 1 2 "Coast Guard commissions four boats at Porbandar". timesofindia-economictimes. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  22. ↑ "Indian Coast Guard commissions new vessel: All you need to know : Polity and Governance". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  23. ↑ "Coast Guard commissions ICGS C-425". The Hindu. 2013-04-28. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  24. ↑ "CG launches interceptor ship to intensify coastal security". sagarsandesh. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
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