VC11184 Ocean Surveillance Ship


VC11184 is the designation of a missile tracking ocean surveillance ship being constructed by Hindustan Shipyard Limited for Indian Navy. The ship will be named once it is commissioned and its current designation follows the yard number where it is being constructed.

Development

The purpose of the ship is to support the development of India's strategic weapons and the Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme. In addition, it can also gather electronic intelligence. The keel of the ship was laid on 30 June 2014 at Hindustan Shipyard Limited. It is being built under a confidential programme which is directly under the control of the Prime Minister's Office and the National Security Advisor. This is similar to the Advanced Technology Vessel programme of the Indian Navy. The ship started harbour trials in July 2018 and was expected to undergo sea trials by the end of 2018., sea trials were ongoing. The ship is expected to be delivered to the Indian Navy in January 2020.

Design and description

The ship cost around and has been designed in India by Vik Sandvik Design India. It has a displacement of more than 10,000 tonnes, length of 175 metre, beam of 22 metre, draught of 6 metre and can attain a speed of 21 knots. It is powered by two imported 9,000 kilowatt combined diesel and diesel configuration engines and three 1200 kilowatt auxiliary generators.
The ship will be fitted with a primary X band and a secondary S band active electronically scanned array radar. In addition, it has a long open deck with ample space for installing multiple missile tracking antennas. It will have a crew complement of 300 personnel and will carry a single helicopter. The ship will also have a special team from National Technical Research Organisation on board.