Armée Indienne / Indian Armed Forces

GRSE launches Anti Submarine Warfare


India Blooms News Service

Kolkata, Oct 25 (IBNS) The Indian Navy’s modernization quest under ‘Project-28’, to stealthily hunt and destroy lurking enemy submarines, got further bolstered with the launch of the second indigenous ‘Anti Submarine Warfare’ (ASW) corvette ‘Kadmatt’ – named after and island in the Lakshwadeep archipelago of India – built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Ltd., at Kolkata, on Tuesday.


Conforming to the centruries-old maritime tradition of ship launches by a lady, Mamatha launched ‘Kadmatt’ from the GRSE main yard in the presence of her husband, Raksha Rajya Manteri M.M.Pallam Raju.

Others present included Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition (CWP&A) Vice Admiral N. N. Kumar, DG Naval Design Rear Admiral K. N. Sekhar and other GRSE workers and office bearers.

Kadmatt is second in the series of the four ASW corvettes being built by GRSE, first from Kamorta, which was also launched by Mamatha on April 19, 2010.

Kamorta after fitments and sea trials is expected to be delivered to the Indian Navy in June 2012 and Kadmatt in March 2013. The keel of the third ASW corvette meanwhile was laid in August 2010. The remaining two ASW corvettes scheduled to float out next from GRSE yards are Kiltan and Kavaratti.

Pallam Raju in his address expressed delight that 50 percent of the total work on the frontline warship Kadmatt was completed prior to the launch as against 40 percent for the first ASW ship Kamorta launched in April, last year.

“This is a record of sorts in the warship-building scenario,” he said.

The on-schedule ‘build programme’ would ensure timely contractual deliveries adding to the might of the country in its projection as a blue water navy of our region, he said.

Stating that Indian Navy and Coast Guard have huge requirement of ships to be met without any time and cost overruns, Raju emphasized that timely delivery of ‘quality ships’ was the need of the hour.

“Modern shipbuilding technology and tools must be adopted to achieve this objective,” he stated.

Urging GRSE to put into practice effective mechanisms to meet challenges posed by the Indian private sector, Raju said shipyards (defence) have to concentrate on implementation of time-tested quality practices, effective corporate strategy, establishment of reliable and stabilized vendors and most importantly, training and up-gradation of its human resources to the lowest level.

GRSE, a category-I Mini Ratna DPSU (Defence Public Sector Undertaking) since September 2006, has for the first-time achieved a turnover of over Rs.1,000 crores, in the last fiscal.

With a healthy order book position currently pegged at over Rs.10,000 crores, GRSE has also embarked on a major modernization drive of its infrastructural facilities at a cost of over Rs.530 crores to bolster its shipbuilding capabilities.

Following visits to various modernization sites earlier on Monday (October 24, 2011), Raju in his address at the ship launch lauded the efforts and stated, “GRSE modernization when completed next year will almost double the shipbuilding capacity of the yard enabling construction of large and more sophisticated warships using modern modular construction technology in a much shorter time frame.”

The modernization of the main yard includes construction of a 180 x 29 mts dry dock with portable shelter, an additional 180 x 23 mts inclined berth with portable shelter, module hall assembly of pre-outfitted blocks upto 230 Tons, erection of a 250 Tons Goliath crane and a paint cell.

Upon completion, the constructions will double the existing building docks and treble the dry docks besides creating of a new slipway.

The ASW corvettes – deemed Kamorta Class Ships – with more than 80 percent indigenous content, capable of fighting under NBC (nuclear, biological and chemical) environment are designated as super-sophisticated frontline warships with stealth features.

The 109 Metres long, 12.8 Metres wide ship with an approximate displacement capacity of 3,000 Tons can achieve a maximum speed of 25 knots.

The ship powered by four 3888 KW diesel engines at 1,050 rpm has an endurance to cover nearly 3,450 nautical miles at 18 knots. Each ship can accommodate 17 officers and 106 sailors on board.

The anti-submarine warfare capability is largely achieved due to the low signature of radiated underwater noise.

The ship having indigenous weapon and sensor suites is equipped with super-rapid gun mounting, anti-aircraft guns, torpedo launcher, rocket and chaff launchers.

The ship fittings include early warning, navigation, fire control radars and under-water sensors with integrated communication and electronic warfare systems.

© RIA Novosti.

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