Commissioning of INS Makar

[Neuro]

The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha commissioned INS Makar into the Indian Navy today. Makar is a Catamaran Hydrographic Survey Vessel and is the first of its kind to be inducted in the Indian Navy. The Vessel is indigenously built by Alcock Ashdown Gujarat Ltd. INS Makar is another statement of the potential of the indigenous Warship Building Industry.

INS Makar also marks a new chapter in the annals of Hydrography in our country. The primary role of the ship is to undertake Hydrographic surveys, required for production of nautical charts and publications aimed at improving navigational safety at sea. She is equipped with an array of modern surveying equipment and also undertake limited oceanographic surveys towards providing marine environmental data.

The ship is propelled by four engines of M/s Cummins make as well as two bow thrusters. The ship has two Survey Motor Boats. The entire propulsion, navigational and power management packages of the Vessel are integrated in a single state-of-art system called Integrated Platform Management System.

Her impressive equipment outfit for hydrographic survey includes Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) for closer investigations, advanced Electronic Positioning System, Multibeam Swath Sounding Systems and Sub Bottom Profiler. She also has a full range of latest oceanographic and land survey equipment.

The accommodation for the six officers and 44 sailors incorporates advanced ergonomic design and ensures crew comfort and space management. The ship has enhanced Indian Navy’s already existing world class sea/ocean survey capability.

Commissioning of INS Makar » Indian Defence Review

 

[Mirza Jatt]

looks good.

 

[IND151]

looks awesome

 

[Gessler]

Great...whats it's tonnage?

We must build a fleet of these vessels and use them as basis to design our equivalents of the US
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) warships.

 

[mfreak]

Great...whats it's tonnage?

500 tonnes I guess.

 

[DARIUS]

It's really got some killer look's dude!!

 

[KRAIT]

Killer looks....Darius you are right. Awesome structure.

ANOTHER successful Indian Project. Someone should make a thread and ask for MODs to make a sticky especially for technology and defense related development. It will be god for having good database for us and good thread for post as counter argument.

Not the one like India developing still long way to go which is more generalized.

 

[CIPHER]

if looks can kill then katrina kaif would had killed millions...........tell me the fire power this baby.

 

[KRAIT]

^ Its a survey ship.

 

[arp2041]

Well Hydrographic survey ships are the most under-rated ships of a navy, everyone talks about AC, sub, destroyers, Frigates etc. but no on talks of other ships of navy like Hydrographic survey ships, these are the ships which helps a country to achieve it's diplomatic objectives, India helps many smaller nations of the IOR in surveying the ocean region around them (there EEZ especially), Mauritius & Madagascar are two such nations, this increases the trust of the nations of IOR towards IN & India as a whole. So it's a great news that we are inducting more technologically advanced vessels such as these.

 

[Raje amar]

one more feather in the cap of India. good luck.

 

[Quick MIK]

impressive and good lookingi one.

impressive and good lookingi one.

impressive and good lookingi one.

 

[Sergi]

Good news
But I think India has already mapped all IOR a long time back. What's purpose now ???

 

[Ambitious.Asian]

Looks Promising