Makar-class catamaran
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Makar class |
| Builders | Alcock Ashdown Gujarat Ltd |
| Operators | Indian Navy |
| Preceded by | Sandhayak class |
| Succeeded by | GRSE class |
| Cost | ₹800 crore (US$95 million) |
| Planned | 6 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Cancelled | 5 |
| Active | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Catamaran |
| Displacement | 500 tons |
| Length | 53.15 m (174 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 16.0 m (52 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
| Depth | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 4 × 1,007 kW (1,350 hp) Cummins KTA 38M2 |
| Propulsion | Two bow thrusters |
| Speed | Maximum speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at economic cruising |
| Boats & landing craft carried | Carries two motor boats, also carries autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) |
| Complement | 6 officers and 44 sailors, and 6 scientists |
| Sensors & processing systems | Advanced Electronic Positioning System, Multi-beam Swath Sounding Systems and Sub-Bottom Profiler. Equipped with modern oceanographic and land survey equipment. |
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The Makar-class survey catamarans were a series of six 500-ton steel hull/aluminium superstructure hydrographic survey catamarans being built by Alcock Ashdown (Gujarat) Ltd at its Bhavnagar shipyard for the Indian Navy. The ships are designed by an Australian naval architecture firm Sea Transport Solutions, which is based on Queensland's Gold Coast. The deal was canceled due to the extensive delays as the Navy was not satisfied with the timeline and a fresh award for construction of another class of survey vessels to the GRSE has also been undertaken. Only one ship was constructed.