Samarth-class offshore patrol vessel

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ICGS Samarth, first ship of the class
Class overview
NameSamarth class
Builders Goa Shipyard
Operators Indian Coast Guard
Preceded by Vishwast class
Succeeded by Vikram class
Built2012–2019
In commission2015–Present
Planned11 [1]
Completed11 [2]
Active11
General characteristics
Type Patrol boat
Displacement2,450  t (2,410 long tons; 2,700 short tons) [3]
Length105 m (344 ft 6 in)
Beam13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Draught6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Installed power2 × MTU 20V 8000 M71L engines rated at 9,100 kW (12,200 hp) [1]
Propulsion2 x controllable pitch propellers
Speed23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance20 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		4 boats [4]
Complement18 officers & 108 sailors
Armament
Aircraft carried HAL Dhruv

The Samarth-class offshore patrol vessel are a series of eleven offshore patrol vessels being built by Goa Shipyard Limited for the Indian Coast Guard. The construction of Samarth class was motivated by a desire to triple the Coast Guard assets in the aftermath of 2008 Mumbai attacks. They are an improvement over the earlier Sankalp class, with a larger beam and more powerful engines. [5] [6] The ships are being constructed in two batches—a batch of six ordered in May 2012 that was completed in December 2017 and a follow-on batch of five ordered in August 2016.

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History

Following the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Indian Government initiated a program to triple the Indian Coast Guard force, assets and infrastructure. [7] Thereafter in accordance with it a 'request for information' for acquisition of six offshore patrol vessels was issued by the Ministry of Defence on 1 April 2010. [8] 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. [7]

On 14 May 2012 GSL did the first steel cutting in its shipyard, [9] 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. [10] [11] The second and third vessels were laid down 28 January and 11 October 2013, and the fourth on 9 January 2014. [12] The first vessel was commissioned on 10 November 2015 and all six will be commissioned by the end of 2017. [13]

In August 2016, a follow-on consisting of five patrol vessels was placed for INR 20 billion. [1] The follow-on vessels will have a greater indigenous content of 70% compared to the 62% of the previous batch. [14]

Sachet the first OPV was launched on 21 February 2019 [15] and commissioned on 15 May 2020 by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh by video conferencing. [16]

Sujeet the second OPV from the second batch was handed to Indian Coast Guard on 12 November 2020 and later commissioned on 15 December 2020. [2]

Sajag the third OPV was delivered ahead of time on 16 March 2021. The ship was commissioned by NSA Ajit Doval on May 29, 2021. [17] [18]

Sarthak was delivered ahead of schedule and was commissioned in the Indian Coast Guard on 28 October, 2021. [19] [20]

Saksham the last ship of the project was delivered ahead of schedule on 8 February, 2022. All 5 ships of the Fleet 2 were delivered ahead of schedule. [21]

Description

The class is 105 metres (344 ft 6 in) long with a displacement of 2,350 tonnes. Features include Integrated Bridge System, Integrated Machinery Control System, Power Management System 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 [22] 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. [23]

Ships of the class

Yard NumberNamePennant numberKeel laidLaunchedCommissionedHome Port
Indian Coast Guard flag.svg  Indian Coast Guard
Flight I
1218 Samarth 1128 September 2012 [24] 26 November 201410 November 2015 [25] Goa
1219Shoor1228 January 2013 [24] 21 March 2015 [26] 11 April 2016 [23] [27] Manglore
1220Sarathi1411 October 2013 [24] 24 April 20159 September 2016 [28] [29] Kochi [30]
1221Shaunak [31] 159 January 2014 [24] 28 November 2015 [32] [33] 21 February 2017 [34] Vizag
1222Shaurya1622 July 2014 [24] 5 May 2016 [35] 12 August 2017 [36] Chennai [37] [38]
1223Sujay178 June 2015 [39] 30 November 2016 [40] 21 December 2017 [14]
Flight II
1233 Sachet [15] 1820 March 2017 [41] 21 February 2019 [15] 15 May 2020 [42]
1234Sujeet1929 September 2017 [43] [44] 25 May 2019 [45] 15 December 2020 [46]
1235Sajag201 August 2018 [47] 14 November 2019 [48] 29 May 2021 [18] Porbandar [49]
1236Sarthak2110 November 201813 August 2020 [50] 28 October 2021 [19]
1237 [51] Saksham2210 June 2019 [52] 14 December 2020 [53] 16 March 2022 [54] Goa

See also

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