ICG Ship 'Samarth', the first in the series of six 105 m OPVs, commissioned at Goa

[samlove]

ICG Ship 'Samarth', the first in the series of six 105 m OPVs, commissioned at Goa by Defence Minister manohar parrikar .

The class will be 105 metres long and have a displacement of about 2,400 tonnes. They will be fitted with a contemporary Navigational Integrated Bridge System with Bridge Watch Navigational Call Up System, CCTV System for complete surveillance. They will also carry quick response boats for search and rescue, and four lane simulator for small arms training. rest of six ship of this class will be delivered every 2 months from now.
armament -- 1 × 30 mm CRN 91 Naval Gun

 

[Ankit Kumar]

Indian Coast Guard is poised to grow rapidly.

 

[khakhi_chaddi]

I think Indian coast guard is more powerful than Pakistan Navy.

 

[Ankit Kumar]

I think Indian coast guard is more powerful than Pakistan Navy.

In numbers => Yes
In firepower => No

 

[Srinivas]

In numbers => Yes
In firepower => No

Just adding the universal vertical launcher to these ships will make them powerful in the times of war. These ships are configurable.

 

[vayuputhra]

Hurray more police boats/ships, good going, can any one say about how many boats, OPVs are under construction, can these ships be loaded with more punching power, what about navy's OPV,s, which is the largest OPV, IN has.

 

[Stag112]

Just adding the universal vertical launcher to these ships will make them powerful in the times of war. These ships are configurable.

No.

You need very expensive sensors, integrated battle management systems, survivability in diverse threat scenarios and trained manpower in addition to the weapons.

These ships are meant for making up the numbers for patrolling so that navy is freed up from high seas patrolling (with specialized war fighting ships - a waste), any plans to weaponize them will be very expensive (more than the cost of the ship) and time consuming.

 

[Ankit Kumar]

Just adding the universal vertical launcher to these ships will make them powerful in the times of war. These ships are configurable.

They can be, but for more efficiency and better utilization we should keep the roles of coast guard and navy separate.

 

[Gen Padmanabhan]

No.

You need very expensive sensors, integrated battle management systems, survivability in diverse threat scenarios and trained manpower in addition to the weapons.

These ships are meant for making up the numbers for patrolling, any plans to weaponize them will be very expensive (more than the cost of the ship) and time consuming.

Agzactly.

 

[Srinivas]

No.

You need very expensive sensors, integrated battle management systems, survivability in diverse threat scenarios and trained manpower in addition to the weapons.

These ships are meant for making up the numbers for patrolling so that navy is freed up from high seas patrolling (with specialized war fighting ships - a waste), any plans to weaponize them will be very expensive (more than the cost of the ship) and time consuming.

when they carry out attacks or defend they will be doing it in group which include the destroyers, frigate that consist of sensors and other equipment that are needed for attack.

 

[Stag112]

when they carry out attacks or defend they will be doing it in group which include the destroyers, frigate that consist of sensors and other equipment that are needed for attack.

You will still need integration, battle management systems and training. NOT possible to develop that in war time. Besides its not clear what will be achieved by just adding more ships to a flotilla if they are just supposed to operate as cargo ships carrying missiles.

If any such role is envisaged, then the hardware, doctrine and training will have to be done NOW, not in war time.

 

[Srinivas]

You will still need integration, battle management systems and training. NOT possible to develop that in war time. Besides its not clear what will be achieved by just adding more ships to a flotilla if they are just supposed to operate as cargo ships carrying missiles.

If any such role is envisaged, then the hardware, doctrine and training will have to be done NOW, not in war time.

These days the systems come as stand alone and can be integrated on platforms, integration and training are not an issue.

 

[Hindustani78]

In numbers => Yes
In firepower => No

Indian shipping yards are having the indigenous technology .

Aviation
» Landing facility for ALH » Helo traversing gear
» Hangar for ALH » Helo landing grid

Armament Provision for fitment of :
» 1 x 30 mm, CRN-91 gun with FCS

Nautical, Surveillance and Communication equipment
» Radar with ARPA » Auto Pilot » Electronic Chart Display & Information system
» Magnetic Compass » DGPS » Speed log
» Gyro Compass » Echosounder » Communiation according to GMDSS A3

Its locally made
CRN 91 NAVAL GUN

Rate of Fire
Single : 200 to 300 rounds per min
Slow : 550 rounds per min
Gun feed : Double belt separate

Range of Aimed fire at targets
When firing armour piercing tracer projectile - 2000m
When firing HE incendiary and fragmentation tracer projectile -4000m

 

[Abingdonboy]

rest of six ship of this class will be delivered every 2 months from now.
armament -- 1 × 30 mm CRN 91 Naval Gun

Indian shipbuilding capacity is growing to impressive heights.

 

[Hindustani78]

Indian shipbuilding capacity is growing to impressive heights.