Goa Shipyard Limited
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Goa Shipyard Limited is one of India's leading shipyards. It is located on the West Coast of India at Vasco da Gama, Goa
at 15°24′7.54"N 73°49′29.40"E. It was established in 1957, originally by the Portuguese-India govt as "Estaleiros Navais de Goa"http://indiannavy.nic.in/t2t2e/Trans2Trimph/chapters/5_mdl%20&%20leander%20project.htm, to build barges to be used in Goa's growing mining industry, which took off after the establishment of India's blockade of Goa in 1955. After the liberation of Goa by the Indian armed forces in 1961, it was requisitioned to manufacture warships for the Indian Navy
and Indian Coast Guard
.
GSL is undergoing a modernizing of its yard to adapt to the latest technology in shipbuilding. To this purpose it is negotiating with well known shipbuilders for an arrangement to collaborate. To date it has built 167 vessels including barges, tugs, landing craft, offshore patrol vessels and other vessels for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard and for export to countries like Yemen.
A new slipway has been commissioned to take up major repair jobs of ships in the dry dock area. A damage control simulator and two double boom level luffing cranes for heavy lifting have been constructed.
In 1997, GSL built the three-masted barque
INS Tarangini
for use as a training ship for the Indian Navy.
Vasco da Gama, Goa
Vasco da Gama is the largest city in the state of Goa on the west coast of India. It is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. Vasco has Goa's largest population, estimated at over 100,000. It is also the headquarters of the Mormugao taluka...
at 15°24′7.54"N 73°49′29.40"E. It was established in 1957, originally by the Portuguese-India govt as "Estaleiros Navais de Goa"http://indiannavy.nic.in/t2t2e/Trans2Trimph/chapters/5_mdl%20&%20leander%20project.htm, to build barges to be used in Goa's growing mining industry, which took off after the establishment of India's blockade of Goa in 1955. After the liberation of Goa by the Indian armed forces in 1961, it was requisitioned to manufacture warships for the Indian Navy
Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff , usually a four-star officer in the rank of Admiral, commands the Navy...
and Indian Coast Guard
Indian Coast Guard
The Indian Coast Guard is a branch of the Indian Armed Forces. Its mission is the protection of India's maritime interests and maritime law enforcement with jurisdiction over both territorial and international waters....
.
GSL is undergoing a modernizing of its yard to adapt to the latest technology in shipbuilding. To this purpose it is negotiating with well known shipbuilders for an arrangement to collaborate. To date it has built 167 vessels including barges, tugs, landing craft, offshore patrol vessels and other vessels for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard and for export to countries like Yemen.
A new slipway has been commissioned to take up major repair jobs of ships in the dry dock area. A damage control simulator and two double boom level luffing cranes for heavy lifting have been constructed.
Landing craft Mark II
- L34 - commissioned 28 January 1980
- L33 - 1 December 1980
- L35 - 11 December 1983
- L36 - 18 July 1986
- L37 - 18 October 1986
- L38 - 10 December 1986
- L39 - 25 March 1987
Vikram class offshore patrol vessel
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Samar class offshore patrol vessel
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(44) - 21 June 1999 - CGS Sagar (45) - 03 November 2003
Tarantul I class missile corvette
- INS Vinash (K47) - 20 November 1993
- INS Vidyut (K48) - 16 January 1995
- INS Prahar (K98) - 1 March 1997 Lost at sea on 22 April 2006
- INS Pralaya (K91) - Missile Corvette 18 December 2002
Extra fast patrol vessel
- CGS Sarojini Naidu (229) - 11 November 2002
- CGS Durgabai Deshmukh (230) - 29 April 2003
- CGS Kasturba Gandhi (231) - 28 October 2005
- CGS Aruna Asaf Ali (232) - 28 January 2006
- CGS Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (233) - 28 April 2006
In 1997, GSL built the three-masted barque
Barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts.- History of the term :The word barque appears to have come from the Greek word baris, a term for an Egyptian boat. This entered Latin as barca, which gave rise to the Italian barca, Spanish barco, and the French barge and...
INS Tarangini
INS Tarangini
INS Tarangini is a tall ship of the Indian Navy, commissioned in 1997 as a sail training ship for naval cadets.Tarangini is a three-masted barque, square rigged on the fore and main masts and fore-and-aft rigged on the mizzen mast...
for use as a training ship for the Indian Navy.
Other products
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- Surface effect shipSurface effect shipA Surface Effect Ship or Sidewall Hovercraft is a watercraft that has both an air cushion, like a hovercraft, and twin hulls, like a catamaran. When the air cushion is in use, a small portion of the twin hulls remain in the water...
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s - High speed aluminium hulled vessels
- Pollution control vessels
- Advanced deep sea commercial trawlers
- Fish factory vessels, CatamaranCatamaranA catamaran is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or vakas, joined by some structure, the most basic being a frame, formed of akas...
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See also
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