Anti-sub corvette runs aground on way to sea trial

[sudhir007]

http://idrw.org/?p=28637

An anti-submarine corvette made by GRSE for the Indian Navy ran aground while going for a sea trial at Geonkhali in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district.

Describing it as a minor incident, Rear Admiral (retd) A K Verma, CMD of Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE), told PTI, “The river channel is narrow and the ship had a little drift while turning.”

“The ship is most likely to come out during high tide post midnight,” he said.The ship is scheduled to be handed over to the Navy by this year-end.

 

[shiv]

They are still using tides to move out heavy ships out of the terminal ! OMG ! Thats deplorable ! What about a deep sea port ?

 

[Roybot]

They are still using tides to move out heavy ships out of the terminal ! OMG ! Thats deplorable ! What about a deep sea port ?

Its not a terminal, its a shipyard.

 

[cirr]

I guess this sort of hapless incident is only possible in India？

 

[shiv]

Its not a terminal, its a shipyard.

I meant as a yard only ! Why is the yard so much deep inside the hinterland that you have to tow large ships only in high tides ?

 

[kaykay]

so we'll see Ins Kamorta inducted in navy by this year end. Very good news.

 

[kurup]

I guess this sort of hapless incident is only possible in India？

OTOH , in china you require fishermen to inform their navy that the submarine with all crew dead is floating out there .

This kind of news is possible only in china ?

 

[GR!FF!N]

there is detailed reports on this in newspaper.....


KOLKATA: The INS Kamorta, the first in a class of Indian Navy's ambitious Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvettes under Project-28, currently under construction at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) ran aground in the Hooghly near Geonkhali in East Midnapore on Friday during sea trials.

The INS Kamorta is nearing completion and was scheduled to be commissioned into the Navy by the end of this year. However, the failure of its engines and steering gear on Friday may result in a delay in its joining active service in the Navy, officers said.

"The ship was undergoing sea trials. As it was negotiating the bends and bars of the Hooghly, its engines seem to have failed. Its steering gear also got jammed and it moved away from the navigation channel and got grounded near the shore at Geonkhali. Two tugs of the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) were sent to the spot. There was nothing that could be done immediately as it was low tide. The tide will come in around 3am on Saturday after which the tugs will attempt to pull it free. The ship will then be towed back to GRSE for inspection and necessary repairs," a source revealed.

GRSE was awarded the contract to build four ASW corvettes for the Navy. The grounded vessel is the first in the series that is being called the Kamorta-class of ships. The other ships of this class are the INS Kadmatt, INS Kiltan and INS Kavaratti. The Kamorta would have been commissioned by now had the Navy not sought certain changes during the latter half of its construction.

"We aren't seeing much into this incident. Sea trials are meant to check out a ship's performance. Now, we will have to check the engines and the steering gear and make necessary changes," a source in GRSE said.

According to the Navy, extensive checks will be carried out once the ship returns to the yard at GRSE. A team of naval designers and engineers will ascertain what caused the engine failure and the steering gear to fail. Even if the schedule for commissioning gets delayed, there is no way the Navy will settle for a ship that is not 100% fit, an officer said. This is not the first time that a ship has got grounded at Geonkhali. Several years ago, the MV Harshvardhan, a passenger vessel from Kolkata to Port Blair also got grounded close to the spot after its steering gear jammed.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ns-aground-in-Haldia/articleshow/24718467.cms

 

[hurt]

We were waiting for a 3000 tonnes ASW corvette 7 years,then it runs aground.

 

[neehar]

I guess this sort of hapless incident is only possible in India？

this sort of things will be KNOWN to people only in India..our poor govt dont know how to cover things up and fool its people..so sad

 

[GR!FF!N]

the corvette was taken to the harbour for inspection....

Kolkata: The INS Kamorta, which was supposed to join the Navy as India’s first indigenous anti-submarine warfare (ASW) Corvette with stealth features by the end of this year, was pulled out of the silt near Geonkhali on Saturday afternoon with the help of Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) tugs.
After detailed inspection by a team of technicians from the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), the ship managed to start her engines. It was anchored near Budge Budge for the night and will be taken to GRSE on Sunday.
The Kamorta is the first in a series of four ASW corvettes being built by GRSE under the Navy’s Project-28 (P-28). The four ships are known as Kamorta-class vessels after the first one in series. The Kamorta was launched earlier this year at GRSE with plans to commission it by the end of 2013.

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Defa...27&PageLabel=9&EntityId=Ar00804&ViewMode=HTML

 

[Capt.Popeye]

there is detailed reports on this in newspaper.....


KOLKATA: The INS Kamorta, the first in a class of Indian Navy's ambitious Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvettes under Project-28, currently under construction at the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) ran aground in the Hooghly near Geonkhali in East Midnapore on Friday during sea trials.

The INS Kamorta is nearing completion and was scheduled to be commissioned into the Navy by the end of this year. However, the failure of its engines and steering gear on Friday may result in a delay in its joining active service in the Navy, officers said.

"The ship was undergoing sea trials. As it was negotiating the bends and bars of the Hooghly, its engines seem to have failed. Its steering gear also got jammed and it moved away from the navigation channel and got grounded near the shore at Geonkhali. Two tugs of the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) were sent to the spot. There was nothing that could be done immediately as it was low tide. The tide will come in around 3am on Saturday after which the tugs will attempt to pull it free. The ship will then be towed back to GRSE for inspection and necessary repairs," a source revealed.

GRSE was awarded the contract to build four ASW corvettes for the Navy. The grounded vessel is the first in the series that is being called the Kamorta-class of ships. The other ships of this class are the INS Kadmatt, INS Kiltan and INS Kavaratti. The Kamorta would have been commissioned by now had the Navy not sought certain changes during the latter half of its construction.

"We aren't seeing much into this incident. Sea trials are meant to check out a ship's performance. Now, we will have to check the engines and the steering gear and make necessary changes," a source in GRSE said.

According to the Navy, extensive checks will be carried out once the ship returns to the yard at GRSE. A team of naval designers and engineers will ascertain what caused the engine failure and the steering gear to fail. Even if the schedule for commissioning gets delayed, there is no way the Navy will settle for a ship that is not 100% fit, an officer said. This is not the first time that a ship has got grounded at Geonkhali. Several years ago, the MV Harshvardhan, a passenger vessel from Kolkata to Port Blair also got grounded close to the spot after its steering gear jammed.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ns-aground-in-Haldia/articleshow/24718467.cms

Navigation in the Hugli River at the best of times was always dicey because of the heavy siltation that is a constant phenomenon. Now with the fact that Kolkata is a port that is in ICU, there is little maintenance dredging that is being undertaken. If MoD is wise, then it will set up a newer facility in Haldia to turn out new ships. GRSE's present facilities have 'choked-up' as it is. But will the stupid PSU Unions and Govt. of WB allow that to happen? They will just start chanting "cholbe na, cholbe na" to any worth-while constructive moves.

 

[JayAtl]

I guess this sort of hapless incident is only possible in India？

Vs. what happens in china ?

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/10/15/watch-2-6-million-chinese-yacht-sinks-immediately-after-launch/