NGPOV Design
| |
Class overview | |
---|---|
Builders |
|
Operators | Indian Navy |
Preceded by |
|
Cost | |
Planned | 11 |
Building | 6 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Offshore patrol vessel |
Displacement | 2,500–2,900 t (2,461–2,854 long tons)[1] |
Length | 105–110 m (344 ft 6 in – 360 ft 11 in)[1] |
Draught | 4–5 m (13 ft 1 in – 16 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × diesel engine |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[1] |
Range | 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) with 25% reserve fuel[1] |
Endurance | 60 days (minimum)[1] |
Complement | 20 officers including 4 women officers and 130 sailors[1] |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
|
Aircraft carried | 1 × 15 t (15 long tons) helicopter with facility for UAVs[1] |
Aviation facilities |
The Next-Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV) are a series of eleven offshore patrol vessel planned to be built by Goa Shipyard (GSL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) for the Indian Navy.[3] The deal was signed on 30 March 2023 with the delivery of the ships is scheduled to commence from September 2026. The primary role of the vessels to maintain Indian Navy's combat capability and meet various operational requirements such as Anti piracy, Counter-Infiltration, Anti poaching, Anti trafficking, Non combatant evacuation operations, Search and Rescue (SAR), Protection of Offshore Assets and Mine warfare.[4]
Lynx
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).