first time an Indian shipyard is building a warship for export

[sudhir007]

Surface Forces: An Indian First

For the first time an Indian shipyard is building a warship for export. Garden Reach Shipbuilders received an order from the Maruritius for two offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). These 91 meter (283 foot) long vessels displace 1,320 tons and are based on the Garden Reach designed Kora class corvettes. Four of these larger ships are in service with the Indian navy and the last one was completed eight years ago. OPVs have fewer weapons than equivalent size warships and instead carry more gear needed for boarding and inspecting ships and dealing with search and rescue.

An example of this can be seen in OPVs built in India for local use. Three years ago the Indian Coast Guard received the second of two Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel class ships. These 2,200 ton ships were built in India and each is 102 meters (325 feet) long and armed with a 30mm auto-cannon and several machine-guns. It can operate a small helicopter. Top speed is 43 kilometers an hour and the ship can stay at sea for 20 days at a time. The crew of 126 is trained to operate the boat in patrol mode 24/7. There are two cranes for putting two fast (inflatable) boats in the water, so that ships can be boarded and inspected. The ship is of Indian design and construction. India is developing a world class warship manufacturing capability and is currently designing and building everything from patrol boats to aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines.

 

[acetophenol]

Good work GRSE!

It shall be noted that India has previously export Ships,and this is the first ship to be made exclusively for export

 

[ayesha.a]

Good work GRSE!

It shall be noted that India has previously export Ships,and this is the first ship to be made exclusively for export

Has India exported a WARSHIP before?

 

[Papa]

WTF, our own Navy orders are over flooded and we are building ships for others? How would we accomplish our goals of 150+ warships in next 15 years?

 

[AADHAAR]

WTF, our own Navy orders are over flooded and we are building ships for others? How would we accomplish our goals of 150+ warships in next 15 years?

By expanding ship building capacity. That's the only way to go.

And better, have L&T and others enhance ship building capabilities .... L&T already has a naval building dock.

 

[sudhir007]

http://www.mea.gov.in/mystart.php?id=50044499

Defence Cooperation: Under the ITEC-II programme, about 50 personnel from the Mauritian Police Force are trained annually in Indian Defence Training Establishments. India gifted INS Amar to Mauritius in 1974. India has provided the interceptor patrol boat, CGS Observer to Mauritius on a free lease. India also undertook at its own cost extensive repairs to Mauritius’ Chilean-made flagship Vigilant on two occasions. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) delivered two Dornier maritime aircrafts to
Mauritius in May 1990 and April 2004. India had also gifted 2 Chetaks, the first one in May 1976 and the second one in February 1987. ALH Dhruv was delivered to the Government of Mauritius in November 2009. A Coastal Radar Surveillance System (CSRS) built by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) was delivered and subsequently commissioned in April 2011. A bilateral Agreement for the Supply of an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) to the Government of Mauritius is currently being implemented with the OPV being designed and constructed by GRSE Ltd. at a cost of US$ 58.5 million (funded partly by the EXIM Bank line of credit (US$ 48.5 million) and partly by GOI grant (US$ 10 million)). Goodwill visits of Indian Naval Ships to Mauritius also take place regularly. Indian Naval ships have been carrying out annual hydrography-related tasks in Mauritian waters.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Has India exported a WARSHIP before?

A couple of patrol vessels

Transfers of major conventional weapons: sorted by recipient. Deals with deliveries or orders made for year range 1950 to 2011
Note: The &#8216;No. delivered/produced&#8217; and the &#8216;Year(s) of deliveries&#8217; columns refer to all deliveries since the beginning of the contract. Deals in which the recipient was involved in the production of the weapon system are listed separately. The &#8216;Comments&#8217; column includes publicly reported information on the value of the deal. Information on the sources and methods used in the collection of the data, and explanations of the conventions, abbreviations and acronyms, can be found at URL <http://www.sipri.org/contents/armstrad/at_data.html>. The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database is continuously updated as new information becomes available.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
Information generated: 01 May 2012


Recipient/ Year Year(s) No.
supplier (S) No. Weapon Weapon of order/ of delivered/
or licenser (L) ordered designation description licence deliveries produced Comments


Bangladesh
S: India 2 Abhay Patrol craft (1973) 1973-1974 2 Ex-Indian; Bangladeshi designation Padma

Guinea Bissau
S: India 1 SDB Mk-3 Patrol craft (1992) 1993 1 Ex-Indian

Maldives
S: India 1 SDB Mk-5 Patrol craft 2006 2006 1 Ex-Indian (but only 4 years old); Maldive designation Hurawee

Mauritius
S: India 1 Abhay Patrol craft (1974) 1974 1 Ex-Indian; for coast guard
1 SDB Mk-2 Patrol craft 1993 1993 1 Ex-Indian; $3.5 m deal; for coast guard

Seychelles
S: India 1 SDB Mk-5 Patrol craft 2004 2005 1 Ex-Indian (but only 3 years old); Seychelles designation Topaz

Sri Lanka
S: India 1 Sukanya OPV 2000 2000 1 Ex-Indian; for use against LTTE rebels; plan for 1 more cancelled after Indian change in policy towards Sri Lanka-LTTE conflict; Sri Lankan designation Sayura
1 Vikram OPV 2007 2007 1 Ex-Indian; aid; Sri Lankan designation Sagara
1 Vikram OPV 2008 2008 1 Ex-Indian

Source: SIPRI

 

[sudhir007]

 

[AADHAAR]

We could export some warship which are on the verge of retirement ... but useful to smaller countries. No?

 

[ayesha.a]

Nope! only a couple of patrol vessels

Well this is also a patrol vessel, so what's new? Maybe the fact that it is based on a corvette?

We could export some warship which are on the verge of retirement ... but useful to smaller countries. No?

That's not what export means, thats a transfer.

 

[IND151]

now that's a news of day!

 

[nomi007]

word"for the 1st time" is so strange for me

 

[Angad_NSA]

Nice. Next build and export weapon systems too to friendly countries.

This is 1st step to project Indian ring of security articulated by Vajpayee ji.

 

[Varunastra]

kora class corvette^^^ based on which the patrol vessels are being built

 

[Tshering22]

kora class corvette^^^ based on which the patrol vessels are being built

Do the Dhruv helos come with it or would that be a separate order?