 ICGS Samarth, first ship of the class
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Samarth class |
| Builders | Goa Shipyard |
| Operators | Indian Coast Guard |
| Preceded by | Vishwast class |
| Succeeded by | Vikram class |
| Built | 2012–2019 |
| In commission | 2015–Present |
| Planned | 11[2] |
| Completed | 11[1] |
| Active | 11 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol boat |
| Displacement | 2,450 t (2,410 long tons; 2,700 short tons)[3] |
| Length | 105 m (344 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
| Installed power | 2 × MTU 20V 8000 M71L engines rated at 9,100 kW (12,200 hp)[2] |
| Propulsion | 2 x controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Endurance | 20 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 boats[4] |
| Complement | 18 officers & 108 sailors |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × 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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- ^ "Surface Units". Indian Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Indian Coast Guard patrol vessel, 2 interceptor boats commissioned". Economic Times. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy (1 May 2012). "India's 20/20 vision: Coastguard joins the premier league". IHS Jane's Navy International. 117 (4). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. ISSN 2048-3457.
- ^ Commodore Stephen Saunders, ed. (2016). "India". Jane's Fighting Ships 2016–2017 (119th ed.). Coulsdon: Jane's Information Group. p. 364. ISBN 978-0710631855.