Pipavav NOPV Class
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Shachi and Shruti
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Project 21 |
| Builders: | Pipavav Shipyard |
| Operators: |
 Indian Navy
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| Preceded by: | Saryu class |
| Building: | 5 |
| Planned: | 5 |
| Completed: | 0 |
| Active: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Offshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 2,000 tonnes |
| Length: | 110 metres (360 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 18,200 kW (24,400 hp) diesels |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) |
| Armament: |
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The Project 21-class patrol vessel is class of naval offshore patrol vessels being built by Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Limited at its Shipyard in Indian state of Gujarat.
In June 2010, Pipavav shipyard secured a contract worth ₹ 2,600 crore (about $553.5 million) from the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to build five naval offshore patrol vessels (NOPVs) for the Indian Navy. In DEFEXPO 2014, Pipavav shipyard released a new design for the class.
In June 2016, it was reported that the shipyard is now accelerating work on the delayed order where the first ship was supposed to be delivered in early 2015. As per the revised schedule the first ship will now be delivered in early 2017 and all ships will be ready for induction by the end of 2017. The ships are being constructed in 2 batches of two and three ships with a shorter delivery schedule for the second batch.
Two ships of the first batch, INS Shachi and INS Shruti, were launched on 25 July 2017.
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