See pic: In a first, L&T builds Offshore Patrol Vessel for Indian Coast Guard

L&T Shipbuilding Ltd is building a series of indigenously designed Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), which are likely to be inducted into Indian Coast Guard in April 2018.

This is the first OPV class vessel for the Indian Coast Guard that has been built by a private sector yard.

L&T was entrusted by the Ministry of Defence in March 2015 to design and build seven OPVs for an order value of Rs 1,432 crore. The remaining six OPVs will be delivered over the next three years.

First of the seven series was launched on Friday at L&T's Shipbuilding Yard