2nd Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel Keel Laid
The Keel for newly designed Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel(NOPV) to be built by Goa Shipyard Limited for Indian Navy, was laid by on 26 September, 2007.
This is the 2nd vessel of series of three vessels designed in-house by GSL, aimed at meeting the increasing requirement of Indian Navy for surface warfare operations and in order to prevent infiltration and transgress of maritime sovereignty.
The vessel is 105m in length, about 2200 tons in displacement with a speed of 25knots. The vessel is capable of fleet support operations, costal and offshore patrolling, ocean surveillance and monitoring of SLOCs, defence of offshore oil installations and escorting high value ships, The vessel has facilities of embarkation and operation of Helicopter. The vessel is fitted with state-of –the art navigation, communication and electronic warfare equipment. An advanced remote control system is provided to control and monitor the propulsion machinery.
The vessel can accommodate 118 defence personnel onboard with an endurance of 6000 nautical miles.
The vessel can stay at sea uninterruptedly for an extended period of 60 days.
Indian Navy has placed orders for 3 such Naval Offshore patrol Vessels with Goa Shipyard Ltd.
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