Mk. IV LCU
MK.IV LCU (L51) at sea.
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Class overview | |
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Name | LCU MK IV class |
Builders | GRSE |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Mk. III LCU |
Cost | ₹2,100 crore (equivalent to ₹43 billion or US$520 million in 2023) |
Built | 2011 – 2020 |
Planned | 8 |
Completed | 8 |
Active | 8 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Landing craft utility |
Displacement | |
Length | 62.8 m (206 ft)[1] |
Beam | 11 m (36 ft) |
Draught | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
Installed power | 1,840 kW (2,470 hp) each[3] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h)[1] |
Range | 1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)[1] |
Troops | 160[2] |
Complement | 56[3] |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Mk IV LCU class vessels follow on class of Mk. III LCU operated by the Indian Navy. The Mk IV LCU can be deployed for maritime roles that require amphibious capabilities.
History
[edit]GRSE signed an agreement for ₹2,100 crore (equivalent to ₹43 billion or US$520 million in 2023) with the Indian Navy for designing and building eight LCU ships on 28 September 2011 and construction began in September 2012.[5]
The last ship of the class was delivered on 31 December 2020 and was commissioned into service on 18 March 2021.[6][7]
Design
[edit]The ship is 63 metres long, overall beam of 11 metres, a hull draught of 2.2 metres and displaces around 830 tonnes.[3] They are powered by two MTU 16V 4000 M53 marine diesel engines (each 1840 KWs).[1] They are equipped with two 30mm CRN-91 mounted guns with a Bharat Electronics-built EON-51 electro-optic director.[8]
The LCU can carry up to 216 personnel and 145 tonnes of cargo. It is fitted with a hydraulic bow ramp.[1]
Ships of the class
[edit]Yard No | Pennant | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Home-port | Status |
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2092 | L 51 | 26 April 2013[1] | 12 March 2014[5] | 28 March 2017[4] | Port Blair | Active |
2093 | L 52 | 24 April 2013[citation needed] | 23 September 2014[5] | 21 August 2017[9] | ||
2094[10] | L 53 | 13 August 2014[5] | 16 January 2015[5] | 25 April 2018[11] | ||
2095[12] | L 54 | 13 August 2014[5] | 23 March 2015[12] | 25 May 2018[2] | ||
2096[13] | L 55 | 2014[14] | 7 December 2015[15] | 19 December 2018[16] | ||
2097 | L 56 | 30 September 2014[citation needed] | 12 March 2016[17] | 29 July 2019[18] | ||
2098 | L 57 | 28 March 2015[citation needed] | 24 November 2016[19] | 15 May 2020[20] | ||
2099 | L 58 | 31 August 2015[21] | 16 December 2016[22] | 18 March 2021[7] |
Gallery
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MK IV LCU during construction trials
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LCU 51, a Mk. IV LCU, during MILAN 2018
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Dr. Jagdish Mukhi, Lieutenant Governor, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, commissioned IN LCU L52 into the Indian Navy at Port Blair
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Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) has conducted the second edition of Defence of Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2019 (DANX-19),.
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LCU 51 during operations at Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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The last ship of the batch LCU 58 during trials.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy (5 October 2016). "Indian Navy receives first of new class of Mk IV LCUs". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016.
- ^ a b c Dominguez, Gabriel (31 May 2018). "Indian Navy commissions fourth Mk IV landing craft". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 31 May 2018.
- ^ a b c Rahmat, Ridzwan (13 March 2016). "GRSE launches Indian Navy's sixth Mk IV LCU". IHS Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "Commissioning of INLCU L51 by Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, AVSM Commander-in-Chief Andaman And Nicobar Command" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 28 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Mazumdar, Mrityunjoy; Rahmat, Ridzwan (22 January 2015). "GRSE launches third Mk IV LCU for Indian Navy". IHS Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015.
- ^ @OfficialGRSE (31 December 2020). "Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers tops off year 2020 with "Delivery" of the "Last of Eight LCU Project" & "Start Production" of the First Ship of Eight ASWSWC Project" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Indigenously built Indian Naval Landing Craft Utility L58 Commissioned at Port Blair". PIB. 18 March 2021.
- ^ "GRSE Launched Indian Navy's Third Mk IV Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Vessel". www.navyrecognition.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Commissioning of Second Ship of Landing Craft Utility MK-IV 'IN LCU L52'(GRSE Yard 2093) at Port Blair" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 21 August 2017.
- ^ "Landing Craft Utility Ship for Indian Navy Launched at Grse" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Commissioning of Third Ship of Landing Craft Utility Mk-IV 'IN LCU L53' (GRSE Yard 2094) at port Blair- 25 Apr 18" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 25 April 2018.
- ^ a b "4th LCU of Mk IV Project launched". Indian Navy (Press release). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
- ^ "Launch Of Yard 2096" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 7 December 2015.
- ^ "GRSE Chairmans Statement 2014-2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2016.
- ^ "GRSE launches fifth ship of Indian Navy's LCU MK IV project". The Economic Times. 7 December 2015.
- ^ "Commissioning of Fifth Ship of Landing Craft Utility Mk-IV 'IN LCU L55' (GRSE Yard 2096) At Port Blair" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Sixth ship of LCU MK IV project launched in Kolkata". Business Standard. Asian News International. 12 March 2016.
- ^ "LCU L56 commissioned into Indian Navy". The Economic Times. 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Landing Craft Utility LCU 57 (Yard 2098) launched at GRSE, Kolkata" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 24 November 2016.
- ^ "Commissioning of Seventh Ship of Landing Craft Utility MK-IV 'INLCU L57' (GRSE Yard 2098) at Port Blair". PIB. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Rahmat, Ridzwan (4 September 2015). "GRSE lays keel for Indian Navy's eighth Mk IV LCU". IHS Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015.
- ^ "LAUNCH of Eighth LCU - GRSE YARD 2099" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 16 December 2016.