Samarth-class offshore patrol vessel
Class overview | |
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Name: | Samarth class |
Builders: | Goa Shipyard, Vasco da Gama, Goa |
Operators: | Indian Coast Guard |
Preceded by: | Vishwast class |
Built: | 2012–present |
In commission: | 2015– |
Building: | 2 |
Planned: | 6 + 5 [1] |
Completed: | 5 |
Active: | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Patrol boat |
Displacement: | 2,450 t (2,410 long tons; 2,700 short tons)[2] |
Length: | 105 m (344 ft 6 in) |
Beam: | 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in) |
Draught: | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Installed power: | 2 × 20-PA6B-STC engines (9,100 kW (12,200 hp)) |
Propulsion: | 2 x controllable pitch propellers |
Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Range: | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Endurance: | 20 days |
Complement: | 18 officers & 108 sailors |
Armament: |
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The Samarth-class offshore patrol vessel are a series of six offshore patrol vessels (OPV) being built by Goa Shipyard Limited for the Indian Coast Guard. They are an improvement over the earlier Vishwast-class OPV's.[3]
History
Following the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Indian Government initiated a program to triple the Indian Coast Guard force, assets and infrastructure.[4] Thereafter in accordance with it a 'request for information' for acquisition of six OPVs was issued by the Ministry of Defence on 1 April 2010.[5] After technical evaluation and commercial bids a contract worth $400 million or Rs. 1800 crore was signed with GSL on 9 May 2012 to build six vessels.[4]
On 14 May 2012 GSL did the first steel cutting in its shipyard,[6] and the keel-laying ceremony of the first of the new class of offshore patrol vessels was held at Vasco da Gama on 28 September 2012.[7][8] The second and third vessels were laid down 28 January and 11 October 2013, and the fourth on 9 January 2014.[9] The first vessel was commissioned on 10 November 2015 and all six will be commissioned by the end of 2017.[10] In August 2016, a follow-on consisting of five patrol vessels was placed for INR 20 billion.[1]
Specification
The class is 105 metres (344 ft 6 in) long with a displacement of 2,350 tonnes. Features include Integrated Bridge System (IBS), Integrated Machinery Control System (IMCS), Power Management System (PMS) and High Power External Fire Fighting System. They are designed to carry one twin engine Light Helicopter and five high speed boats including two Palfinger [11] QRIBs for fast boarding operations, search and rescue, law enforcement and maritime patrol. The class is also capable of carrying pollution response equipment to combat oil spill contamination at sea.[12]
Ships
Yard Number | Name | Pennant/Hull Number | Keel laid | Launched | Commissioned | Home Port |
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Flight I | ||||||
1218 | ICGS Samarath | 11 | 28 September 2012[13] | 26 November 2014 | 10 November 2015[14] | Goa |
1219 | ICGS Shoor | 12 | 28 January 2013[13] | 21 March 2015[15] | 11 April 2016[12][16] | Manglore |
1220 | ICGS Sarathi | 13 | 11 October 2013[13] | 24 April 2015 | 9 September 2016[17][18] | Kochi[19] |
1221 | ICGS Shaunak[20] | 14 | 9 January 2014[13] | 28 November 2015[21][22] | 21 February 2017[23] | Vizag |
1222 | ICGS Shaurya | 15 | 22 July 2014[13] | 5 May 2016[24] | 12 August 2017[25] | |
1223 | ICGS Sujay | 8 June 2015[26] | 30 November 2016[27] | |||
Flight II | ||||||
20 March 2017[28] | ||||||
See also
- L&T Interceptor class fast attack craft
- Solas Marine Fast Interceptor Boat
- Couach fast interceptor boats
- Cochin Fast Patrol Vessels
- ABG fast interceptor craft
- Makar-class survey catamaran
- Rani Abbakka-class patrol vessel
- Manoram-class ferry
References
- 1 2 Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy (7 September 2016). "Goa Shipyard set to build five new OPVs for Indian Coast Guard". IHS Jane's Navy International. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ↑ "Surface Units". Indian Coast Guard. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ↑ Rahmat, Ridzwan (1 November 2015). "Goa Shipyard delivers first improved Sankalp OPV to Indian Coast Guard". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Goa Shipyard Signs Contract to Build Six Vessels for Indian Coast Guard". Defence Now. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ↑ "Request for information" (PDF). Indian Ministry of Defence. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ↑ "Goa Shipyard Ltd cuts steel for advanced offshore patrol vessels". The Times of India. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ↑ "Keel-laying ceremony of offshore patrol vessels at Goa Shipyard Ltd". The Times of India. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ↑ "India: Goa Shipyard Lays Keel for Coast Guard's First OPV". World Maritime News. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ↑ "Keel laid at Goa Shipyard Ltd for Coast Guard's 4th offshore patrol". The Times of India. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ↑ "Coast Guard's IG reviews projects at Goa Shipyard". The Times of India. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ↑ "Shoor adds teeth to Coast Guard’s policing, patrolling ops". Mathrubhumi. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- 1 2 Namboodiri, Narayan (11 April 2016). "Indian Coast Guard offshore patrol vessel Shoor commissioned". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "GSL News". Goa Shipyard (Press release).
- ↑ "ICGS Samarth commissioned; to boost Goa coastal security". Business Standard. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ Rahmat, Ridzwan (20 September 2015). "Goa Shipyard readies first improved OPV for delivery to Indian Coast Guard". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ↑ Rahmat, Ridzwan (1 April 2016). "Goa Shipyard delivers second improved Sankalp-class OPV to Indian Coast Guard". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ↑ "Union Home minister launches ICGS Saarthi at Goa". The Times of India. 9 September 2016.
- ↑ "Rajnath Singh commissions Coast Guard Ship Sarathi, terms maritime terrorism a major threat: Rajnath". Firstpost. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ↑ "Rajnath Singh commissions offshore patrolling vessel Sarathi". Business Line. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ↑ "State-of-the-art patrol vessel added to Coast Guard fleet". The Times of India. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ↑ "Fourth new generation OPV built by GSL for coast guard launched". Daijiworld. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ↑ "GSL delivers fourth patrol vessel for Indian Coast Guard". The Times of India. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ↑ "Indian Coast Guard ship 'Shaunak' commissioned at Vasco by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu". The Financial Express. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ↑ Sequeira, Newton (5 May 2016). "Indian Coast Guard ship 'Shaurya' kisses water for the first time at Goa Shipyard". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- ↑ "ICGS 'Shaurya' commissioned, Dharmendra Pradhan calls it 'joyous moment' for India". https://www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2017-08-12. External link in
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(help) - ↑ "News & Events Details". Goa Shipyard (Press release). Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ↑ "Coast Guard gets 6th OPV from GSL". The Times of India. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ↑ "Keel For First Ship of the 5 CGOPV Project Laid In GSL". Goa Shipyard (Press release). 20 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.