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The NGOPVs volition beryllium astir 113 metres agelong and 14.6 metres wide, with a displacement of 3,000 tonnes. They volition person a apical velocity of 23 knots and an endurance of 8,500 nautical miles astatine 14 knots. (Express Photo)
The Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd laid the keels of 2 Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPVs) for the Indian Navy connected Tuesday.
Chairman and Managing Director of GRSE, Cmde P R Hari, (Retd), said though the keels of the archetypal 2 vessels were ceremoniously laid during the day, the enactment has already begun connected each four. The archetypal NGOPV is scheduled for transportation successful 44 months, followed by the others astatine six-month intervals, the GRSE said.
“We are presently moving connected 43 platforms, including 17 warships for the Indian Navy. These 17 warships see the 4 NGOPVs. We are besides handling 8 export orders. These see a warship and 2 different platforms for Bangladesh. To date, we person delivered 72 warships to the Indian Navy and 36 to the Indian Coast Guard,” helium said.
Praising GRSE’s works, Governor CV Ananda Bose, who attended the ceremony, said: “Thanks to efforts by shipbuilders similar GRSE, India present matches the capabilities of companies progressive successful shipbuilding successful countries similar China, South Korea and Japan… We request to asseverate that we are capable. We request to asseverate that we are powerful.”
The NGOPVs volition beryllium astir 113 metres agelong and 14.6 metres wide, with a displacement of 3,000 tonnes. They volition person a apical velocity of 23 knots and an endurance of 8,500 nautical miles astatine 14 knots.
“With a draught request of lone 4 metres, the vessels would beryllium capable to run successful coastal waters, protecting offshore assets, carrying retired maritime interdiction, arsenic good arsenic conducting visit, board, hunt and seizure operations,” said an official. Each vas volition beryllium manned by a unit of 20 officers and implicit 100 sailors.
“These versatile warships volition beryllium susceptible of performing a wide scope of missions, including coastal surveillance, maritime interdiction, VBSS operations, excavation warfare, and peculiar operations. They volition besides beryllium equipped to enactment humanitarian assistance, catastrophe relief, hunt and rescue, and non-combatant evacuation operations,” the authoritative added.
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