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INDIAN NAVY (INDIA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

L31 utility landing craft (1978-1987)

L34 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
LCU Mk I
  L31   Goa SYd     1978 stricken 2002
  L32   Goa SYd     1978 stricken 4.2011
LCU Mk II
  L33   Hoogly Dock, Calcutta     1980 stricken 2002
  L34   Hoogly Dock, Calcutta   29.11.1977 28.1.1980 stricken 4.2011
  L35   Hoogly Dock, Calcutta   16.3.1980 17.12.1983 stricken 2015
LCU Mk III
  L36   Goa SYd     18.7.1986 stricken 2.2018
  L37   Hoogly Dock, Calcutta     18.10.1986 stricken 2.2018
  L38   Goa SYd     10.12.1986 in service (2019)
  L39   Hoogly Dock, Calcutta     25.3.1987 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

500

Length, m

53.2 pp 57.5 oa

Breadth, m

8.20

Draught, m

1.57 - 1.71 aft

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Kirloskar-MAN R8V16/18 TL diesels

Power, h. p.

1690

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

Military load

120 troops or 250 t cargo or 2 light tanks

Electronic equipment

Decca 1229 radar

Complement

47

Project history: Indigenious design of LCU.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

L36 1999

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