| Alcock Ashdown survey catamaran | |
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INS Makar INS Makar | |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Alcock Ashdown survey catamaran |
| Builders: | Alcock Ashdown Gujarat Ltd[1] |
| Operators: | Indian Navy |
| Cost: |
 800 (US$128 million)[2] |
| Building: | 5 |
| Planned: | 6 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Active: | 1 |
| Laid up: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Catamaran |
| Displacement: | 500 tons[3] |
| Length: | 53.15 m (174.4 ft)[3] |
| Beam: | 16.0 m (52.5 ft)[3] |
| Draught: | 2.2 m (7.2 ft) |
| Depth: | 4.5 m (15 ft)[3] |
| Installed power: | 2 × 1,007 kW Cummins KTA 38M2 and 2 × 567 kW Cummins QSK 19M. |
| Propulsion: | Two bow thrusters[1] |
| Speed: |
Cruising speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) Maximum speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[4] |
| Range: | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at economic cruising |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | Carries two motor boats, also carries Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)[1] |
| Complement: | 6 officers and 44 sailors,[5] and 6 scientists[4] |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Advanced Electronic Positioning System, Multibeam Swath Sounding Systems and Sub Bottom Profiler. Equipped with modern oceanographic and land survey equipment.[1] |
Alcock Ashdown Survey Catamarans are a series of six 500 ton steel hull/aluminium superstructure Hydrographic Survey Catamarans being built by Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd at its Bhavnagar shipyard for the Indian Navy. The ships are designed by an Australian naval architecture firm Sea Transport Solutions, which is based on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Description[]
The ships are intended to undertake coastal hydrographic survey, required for production of nautical charts and publications aimed at improving navigation through waters closer to coasts. The ships are also capable of limited coastal defence role in an emergency, limited search and rescue and limited ocean research. The ships are equipped with standard hydrographic survey equipment such as advanced electronic positioning system, multi-beam swath sounding systems and sub-bottom profiler. The ships also carry two survey motor boats along with Kongsberg Maritime's Hugin 1000 Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for closer investigations.[1]
The Catamarans are propelled by four Cummins engines as well as two bow thrusters. The entire propulsion, navigational and power management packages of the vessels are integrated in a single state-of-art integrated platform management system. The ships have ergonomic accommodation for the six officers and 44 sailors.[1]
Construction[]
Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd was awarded this contract, worth 800 (US$128 million)[2] on 28 December 2006 through open competitive bidding, beating players like Larsen & Toubro, ABG Shipyard and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers. As per original term of contract, the first vessel was to be delivered by 6 April 2009, while the remaining five vessels were to be delivered within a year from 6 July 2009. But this was rescheduled, the revised delivery period of vessels is from September 2011 to March 2013.
Ships of the class[]
| Name | Pennant | Laid down | Launched | Sea trials | Commissioning | Homeport | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INS Makar | 2008 | February 2010 | 21 September 2012 | INS Kadamba | [6] | ||
| INS Meen | 2 March 2010 | [2] |
See also[]
- L&T fast interceptor craft
- Solas Marine Fast Interceptor Boat
- ABG Interceptor Class fast attack crafts
- Couach fast interceptor boats
- GSL/GRSE series of Interceptor Boats
- Cochin Fast Patrol Vessels
- ABG Class Cadet Training Ship
- Rani Abbakka Class
- GSL class offshore patrol vessel
- Manoram class ferry
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Indigenously Built INS Makar Commissioned into Indian Navy". Indian Navy. http://indiannavy.nic.in/node/1571. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Gujarat builds 1st survey catamarans for Indian navy". 3 March 2010. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-gujarat-builds-1st-survey-catamarans-for-indian-navy-1354613. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Vessels Under Execution - Survey Vessel, Indian Navy". Alcock Shipyard. http://www.alcockshipyard.com/projects1.htm. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Alcock Ashdown Gujarat Ltd develops first Survey Catamarans for Indian navy". 4 March 2010. http://gujaratmoney.com/2010/03/04/alcock-ashdown-gujarat-ltd-develops-first-survey-catamarans-for-indian-navy/. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ "Hydrographic survey vessel commissioned". 22 September 2012. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/hydrographic-survey-vessel-commissioned/article3925097.ece. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
External links[]
- In pictures: Made in Gujarat,first hydrographic survey vessel ‘Makar’ supplied to Navy
- http://www.alcockshipyard.com/projects1.htm
- http://www.alcockshipyard.com/Pdf/A01-01C%20General%20Arrangement.pdf
- http://www.alcockshipyard.com/Pdf/List%20of%20Survey%20Equipment.pdf
- http://www.kongsberg.com/en/KOG/News/2007/April/0420AdvancedSubseaSystemsIndia.aspx
- http://www.km.kongsberg.com/ks/web/nokbg0240.nsf/AllWeb/268C1DFED8FA803FC1256CF00054B2A3?OpenDocument
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