Goa Shipyard

Goa Shipyard Limited
गोवा शिपयार्ड लिमिटेड
Native name
 Hindi: गोवा शिपयार्ड लिमिटेड
Public Sector under Ministry of Defence
Industry Ship building
Founded 1957 as Estaleiros Navais de Goa
Headquarters Goa
Key people
 Rear Admiral (Retired) Shekhar Mital, NM, Chairman & Managing Director
Products Ships
Revenue ₹6.81 billion (US$100 million) (2015)[1]>
Website Goa Shipyard

Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) (Hindi: गोवा शिपयार्ड लिमिटेड; IAST: Govā șipayārḍ limiṭeḍ) is one of India's best shipyards and designated "mini-Ratna" by the Government of India. 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 / 15.4020944°N 73.8248333°E / 15.4020944; 73.8248333Coordinates: 15°24′7.54″N 73°49′29.40″E / 15.4020944°N 73.8248333°E / 15.4020944; 73.8248333. It was established in 1957, originally by the colonial government of the Portuguese in India, as the "Estaleiros Navais de Goa" , 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. In the wake of Portugal's defeat and unconditional surrender to India following the invasion of Goa by the Indian Armed Forces in 1961, it was requisitioned to manufacture warships for the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard.

GSL is undergoing a modernization 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.[2]

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.[2]

Military ships built

GSL has built the following ships for military use:[3]

Landing craft Mark II

Saryu class offshore patrol vessel

Vikram class offshore patrol vessel

Samar class offshore patrol vessel

Tarantul I class missile corvette

Extra fast patrol vessel

In 1997, GSL built the three-masted barque INS Tarangini for use as a training ship for the Indian Navy.

Offshore Patrol Vessel

Other products

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.goashipyard.co.in/pdf/annual-reports-2014-15.pdf
  2. 1 2 "Goa Shipyard Ltd.". Global Security.Org. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  3. ↑ "Ships built by Goa Shipyard Limited". Goa Shipyard. Archived from the original on 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  4. ↑ "Mk.2 & Mk.3 LANDING CRAFT". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 2007-12-12. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  5. ↑ "VIKRAM CLASS". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  6. ↑ "SAMAR CLASS". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  7. ↑ "VEER {TARANTUL I} CLASS". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 2007-11-18. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
  8. ↑ "EXTRA FAST PATROL VESSEL". Bharat Rakshak. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
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