L&T-class fast interceptor craft

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C-401 after its commissioning
Class overview
NameL&T-class fast interceptor craft
Builders Larsen & Toubro
Operators
Built2010–2020
In commission2012–present
Planned54
Completed54
Active54
General characteristics
TypeFast interceptor craft
Displacement90 tonnes (89 long tons; 99 short tons)
Length30 m (98 ft 5 in)
Beam6.4m
Propulsion
  • 2 × Caterpillar 3516C marine propulsion engines
  • 2 × C-4.4 auxiliary generator sets
  • 2 × MJP waterjets
Speed45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph)
Range500NM
Endurance24hr, logistically sustainable for 72hr
Complement1 officer and 11 men
Sensors &
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.

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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 aluminum-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 were constructed at L&T's existing shipyard at Hazira and at 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] 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 28 November. The vessel will patrol the coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, along the Bay of Bengal. [10] C-405 was donated to the Seychelles Coast Guard in February 2016 and recommissioned as SCGS Hermes. [11]

On 29 July 2019, the government of India donated two vessels of the class to Mozambique Navy. [12]

All 36 boats ordered in the first batch were commissioned by January 2020. [13]

C-449 was gifted to Seychelles in Feb 2025. It was Commissioned in Seychelles Coast Guard as PB Boudeuse [14] [15]

Ships of Class

Pennant NumberCommissionedHomeport
ICGS C-40120 December 2012Porbandar
ICGS C-40212 April 2013Ratnagiri [16]
ICGS C-40311 August 2013Mundra
ICGS C-4046 December 2013Beypore
ICGS C-40517 February 2014Mumbai [17] Donated to Seychelles Coast Guard [18]
ICGS C-40617 February 2014Kavaratti [19]
ICGS C-4071 June 2014 [20] Campbell Bay [21] (Re-based from Thiruvananthapuram) [20]
ICGS C-40828 May 2014 [22] Jakhau [22]
ICGS C-40915 November 2014 [23] Porbandar
ICGS C-4104 November 2014Goa [24]
ICGS C-41115 November 2014 [23] Okha [25]
ICGS C-41215 November 2014 [23] Port Blair [21] (re-based from Mandapam)
ICGS C-41319 January 2015Okha [26]
ICGS C-41419 January 2015Port Blair [21] (Re-based from Mandapam) [27]
ICGS C-4155 June 2015 [28] Karaikal [28]
ICGS C-4165 June 2015 [28] Port Blair [21] (Re-based from Mandapam) [28]
ICGS C-41729 March 2015 [29] Port Blair [21] (Re-based from Chennai) [30]
ICGS C-41810 April 2015Haldia [31]
ICGS C-41915 May 2015 [32] Pipavav [32]
ICGS C-42015 May 2015 [32] Karwar [32]
ICGS C-42121 September 2015Androth
ICGS C-42228 November 2015 [33] Karaikal [33]
ICGS C-42313 April 2017Krishnapatnam [34]
ICGS C-42425 April 2017Haldia [35]
ICGS C-42528 April 2013 [36] Paradip [36]
ICGS C-4261 October 2013Paradip [37]
ICGS C-4276 November 2014 [38] Vizhinjam [39]
ICGS C-4286 November 2014 [38] Port Blair [21] (Re-based from Karaikal)
ICGS C-4296 November 2014 [38] Vadinar [25]
ICGS C-43029 March 2015 [29] Chennai
ICGS C-4317 July 2017 [40] Chennai
ICGS C-4327 July 2017 [40] Karaikal
ICGS C-43320 September 2017 [41] Murud Janjira
ICGS C-43420 September 2017 [41] Murud Janjira
ICGS C-4352 December 2017 [42] Karaikal [43]
ICGS C-4365 January 2018 [44] Krishnapatnam [45]
ICGS C-43717 March 2018 [46] Jakhau
ICGS C-43825 April 2018 [47] Kakinada
ICGS C-4397 June 2018 [48] Mumbai
ICGS C-44014 June 2018 [49] Chennai
ICGS C-44124 April 2019 [50] Vizhinjam
ICGS C-44424 April 2019 [51] Kavaratti
ICGS C-44624 April 2019 [51] Kavaratti
ICGS C-44829 January 2020 [13] Mangaluru
ICGS C-44920 August 2020 [52] Gifted to Seychelles in Feb 2025;

Commissioned in Seychelles Coast Guard as PB Boudeuse [14] [15]

ICGS C-45015 May 2020 [53]
ICGS C-45115 May 2020 [53]
ICGS C-4523 November 2020 [54] Jaigarh [54]
ICGS C-45319 February 2021Chennai
ICGS C-45415 December 2020 [55]

See also

References

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