Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has launched the Fifth Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) for the Indian Coast Guard at Raja Bagan Dockyard Unit of GRSE in the state of Kolkata. This ship, to be commissioned as ICGS Kanaklata Barua, is the last in the series of Five FPVs built by GRSE.
This ship is 50M long, 7.5M wide and has a displacement of around 308 Tons. These FPVs are designed for a maximum speed of 34 knots with an endurance of more than 1500 nautical miles. These vessels come with an efficient hull form developed in-house and proven after extensive model testing.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers is a ship-building company in India under the administrative control of the MoD and primarily adhere to the shipbuilding requirements of the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.
