Mk. IV LCU explained

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

GRSE signed an agreement for with the Indian Navy for designing and building eight LCU ships on 28 September 2011 and construction began in September 2012.[1]

The last ship of the class was delivered on 31 December 2020 and was commissioned into service on 18 March 2021.[2]

Design

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). They are equipped with two 30mm CRN-91 mounted guns with a Bharat Electronics-built EON-51 electro-optic director.[4]

The LCU can carry up to 216 personnel and 145 tonnes of cargo. It is fitted with a hydraulic bow ramp.

Ships of the class

Yard NoPennantLaid downLaunchedCommissionedHome-portStatus
2092L 5126 April 201312 March 201428 March 2017[5] Port BlairActive
2093L 5224 April 201323 September 201421 August 2017[6]
2094[7] L 5313 August 201416 January 201525 April 2018[8]
2095[9] L 5413 August 201423 March 201525 May 2018
2096[10] L 552014[11] 7 December 2015[12] 19 December 2018[13]
2097L 5630 September 201412 March 2016[14] 29 July 2019[15]
2098L 5728 March 201524 November 2016[16] 15 May 2020[17]
2099L 5831 August 2015[18] 16 December 2016[19] 18 March 2021[20]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mazumdar . Mrityunjoy . Rahmat . Ridzwan . GRSE launches third Mk IV LCU for Indian Navy . IHS Jane's Navy International . Jane's Information Group . 22 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151225222030/http://www.janes.com/article/48237/grse-launches-third-mk-iv-lcu-for-indian-navy . 25 December 2015.
  2. OfficialGRSE. 1344612952377233409. 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.. 31 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Rahmat. Ridzwan. GRSE launches Indian Navy's sixth Mk IV LCU. IHS Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group. 13 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160314230007/http://www.janes.com/article/58742/grse-launches-indian-navy-s-sixth-mk-iv-lcu. 14 March 2016.
  4. Web site: GRSE Launched Indian Navy's Third Mk IV Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Vessel. www.navyrecognition.com. 2016-01-06. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160214170316/http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2015-news/march-2015-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/2528-grse-launched-indian-navys-third-mk-iv-landing-craft-utility-lcu-vessel.html. 14 February 2016.
  5. Commissioning of INLCU L51 by Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, AVSM Commander-in-Chief Andaman And Nicobar Command. 28 March 2017. Press Information Bureau.
  6. Commissioning of Second Ship of Landing Craft Utility MK-IV 'IN LCU L52'(GRSE Yard 2093) at Port Blair. Press Information Bureau. 21 August 2017.
  7. Landing Craft Utility Ship for Indian Navy Launched at Grse. Press Information Bureau. 16 January 2015.
  8. Commissioning of Third Ship of Landing Craft Utility Mk-IV 'IN LCU L53' (GRSE Yard 2094) at port Blair- 25 Apr 18. Press Information Bureau. 25 April 2018.
  9. 4th LCU of Mk IV Project launched. Indian Navy. 2016-01-06. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081037/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/4th-lcu-mk-iv-project-launched. 4 March 2016.
  10. Launch Of Yard 2096. Press Information Bureau. 7 December 2015.
  11. Web site: GRSE Chairmans Statement 2014-2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20161218203628/http://grse.gov.in/pdf/CHAIRMANS%20STATEMENT.pdf. 18 December 2016. dead.
  12. Web site: GRSE launches fifth ship of Indian Navy's LCU MK IV project. The Economic Times. 7 December 2015.
  13. Commissioning of Fifth Ship of Landing Craft Utility Mk-IV 'IN LCU L55' (GRSE Yard 2096) At Port Blair. Press Information Bureau. 19 December 2018.
  14. News: Sixth ship of LCU MK IV project launched in Kolkata . Business Standard. Asian News International . 12 March 2016.
  15. News: LCU L56 commissioned into Indian Navy. The Economic Times. 29 July 2019.
  16. Landing Craft Utility LCU 57 (Yard 2098) launched at GRSE, Kolkata. Press Information Bureau. 24 November 2016.
  17. Web site: Commissioning of Seventh Ship of Landing Craft Utility MK-IV 'INLCU L57' (GRSE Yard 2098) at Port Blair. PIB. 15 May 2020.
  18. News: Rahmat . Ridzwan . GRSE lays keel for Indian Navy's eighth Mk IV LCU . IHS Jane's Navy International . Jane's Information Group . 4 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151231213658/http://www.janes.com/article/54022/grse-lays-keel-for-indian-navy-s-eighth-mk-iv-lcu . 31 December 2015.
  19. LAUNCH of Eighth LCU - GRSE YARD 2099. Press Information Bureau. 16 December 2016.
  20. Web site: Indigenously built Indian Naval Landing Craft Utility L58 Commissioned at Port Blair. PIB. 18 March 2021.

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