In pictures:Made in Gujarat,first hydrographic survey vessel ‘Makar’ supplied to Navy
May 31, 2012
Bhavnagar, 30 May 2012
Gujarat govt company Alcock Ashdown Limited today handed over a newly built Makar vessel to the India Navy.
Rs 109.89 crore catamaran hydrauligraphic survey vessel was for the first time operated today from Ghogha port of Saurashtra on maiden voyage to Mumbai.
Defense and Shipping ministries of central govt had given contract for construction of six vessels to Gujarat govt run company.
Makar is first of those six vessels.
500 tonne capacity vessel Makar is 53 meter long, 16 meter wide. It can work even in lower draft of 2.2 meter. 150 kw capacity computerized touch screen control pane, radar system, special system for emergency operation, electric control panel, AC plant, state-of-the-art survey equipments, powerful engine room, officers recreation area, VHF-VLF are some other features of this vessel.
After completion of its induction procedure at Mumbai dock yard, Makar will be known as INS Makar.
According to the release, the vessels will also be capable of limited coastal defence role in an emergency and will also have a limited search and rescue capability and limited ocean research capability.
The Indian Navy has chosen to induct a vessel with a catamaran hull form for the first time and will be one of the very few select navies in the world to operate such sophisticated platforms, the release said.
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