| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | MDL-class |
| Builders | Mazagon Dock Limited |
| Operators | Indian Coast Guard |
| Planned | 14 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fast patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 300 tonnes (295 long tons) |
| Propulsion | Waterjet propulsion with diesel engines |
| Speed | in excess of 33 kn (61 km/h) |
The MDL-class patrol vessels are a class of 14 fast patrol vessels being built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders the Indian Coast Guard.
History
The Defense Ministry on 24 January 2024 signed a ₹1,070 crore (US$120 million) contract for multi role FPVs will be indigenously designed, developed and manufactured by MDL under Buy (Indian-IDDM) Category and all boats will be delivered by 63 months from signing. The primary role of the FPVs will include patrolling coastal waters and protecting fisheries. It also has secondary roles like high-speed search and rescue missions in shallow or coastal waters, MEDEVAC operations, providing logistics support and communication links as well as provide coastal convoy escorts.
Features
The FPVs will be equipped with multipurpose drones and wirelessly-controlled remote water rescue craft for surveillance and anti-smuggling operations in India's Exclusive Economic Zone.
Steel cutting ceremony for the first FPV was held at Mazagon Dock on 19 December 2024.
References
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