Indian Navy inducts surveillance ship INLCU L51
Indian Navy has commissioned latest indigenously developed surveillance ship INLCU L51. It was commissioned at a ceremony held in Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Command of Navy
INLCU L51 is the first of the eight ships of the LCU Mk IV Class. It has been built and designed indigenously by Kolkata based M/s Garden Reach Ship Builders & Engineers Ltd.
Key Facts
- The ship is 62.8 metre in length and 11 metre in breadth. It has displacement capacity of 900 tons.
- It is fitted with state-of-the art Electronic Warfare suite for early detection of adversaries.
- It has 30 mm CRN -91 guns, 12.7 mm Heavy Machine Guns and 7.62 mm Medium Machine Guns.
- It will be part of the navy’s fleet deployed for maritime surveillance of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and to check poaching, illegal fishing, drug trafficking and other unlawful activities in the Indian Ocean region (IOR).
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Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017