Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) are expecting contracts for their Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft within the next few weeks from the #IndianNavy
The Navy’s total requirement for 16 ASWSWC will be split between CSL and GRSE equally with both having to deliver their first vessels within 42 months of contract signing and all 8 (each) within 84 months.
GRSE’s design has an overall length of 77m, beam of 10.5m and displaces about 750 tonnes. It has elements of the X-shaped hull form used in the Kamorta-class corvette.
The CSL design is 74m, and it has a beam of 10.5. Performance figures and overall propulsion system configuration is similar for both. Both have three diesel-driven waterjet units, a top speed of 25kt and range of 1,800nm at 14kt
Combat systems include one ASW rocket launcher, two sets of torpedo tubes, small-calibre cannon, mine-laying rails, hull-mounted sonar and towed low-frequency variable-depth sonar.
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