Security Vessel News Roundup | March 25 – Submarines for the UK and Pakistan, German sea rescue boat orders and more
Deliveries include a US Coast Guard cutter and a US Navy landing hovercraft. Construction meanwhile continues on submarines for the UK and Pakistan and surface ships for the Saudi, Indian and Indonesian navies. Finally a German volunteer rescue organisation selects a Finnish builder to supply new fast boats.
Future Indian Navy stealth frigate hits the water
A new Project 11356 or Talwar-class stealth frigate ordered by the Indian Navy was launched during a ceremony at Goa Shipyard on Saturday, March 22.
Upon completion, the future INS Tavasya will have a length of 124.8 metres, a beam of 15.2 metres, a draught of 4.5 metres, a displacement of approximately 3,600 tonnes, and a maximum speed of 28 knots. Its missions will include anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, and anti-air warfare.
Indonesian Navy's newest patrol ship undergoes initial sea trials in Italy
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has begun conducting sea trials of the first of two new patrol ships slated for the Indonesian Navy.
KRI Brawijaya was originally built as an offshore patrol vessel (Pattugliatore Polivalente d'Altura; PPA) belonging to the Thaon di Revel-class ordered by the Italian Navy. The ship and its sister KRI Prabu Siliwangi will be handed over to the Indonesian Navy later this year in fulfilment of a €1.18 billion (US$1.23 billion) contract signed with Fincantieri in 2024.
US Coast Guard takes delivery of 59th fast response cutter
The US Coast Guard recently took delivery of a new Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC) built by Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana, the coast guard said via a press release on Tuesday, March 18.
The future USCGC Earl Cunningham is the 59th FRC to be built for the coast guard. It will be stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, and is scheduled to be commissioned into service in August of this year.
Keel laid for UK Royal Navy's lead Dreadnought-class ballistic missile submarine
The keel of the first of the UK Royal Navy's new Dreadnought-class submarines was laid at BAE Systems' Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on Thursday, March 20.
The future HMS Dreadnought and its sisters will succeed the Vanguard-class of submarines in Royal Navy service.
Builder's sea trials completed for two Indian Navy ships
India's Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has completed conducting contractor's sea trials of two new surface ships ordered by the Indian Navy.
The ships that underwent the trials are the future Nilgiri-class stealth frigate INS Himgiri and the anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW SWC) INS Androth.
Chinese builder launches Pakistan Navy's second Hangor-class submarine
The Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group of China has launched the second boat of a new class of diesel-electric attack submarines ordered by the Pakistan Navy.
The future PNS Shushuk ("River dolphin") and another three Hangor-class submarines, including class lead boat PNS Hangor, will be built in China while the remaining four boats will be constructed in Pakistan by Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works.
Spanish yard starts construction of new corvette for Royal Saudi Naval Forces
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has cut the first steel to be used in the construction of a new corvette slated for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF).
The corvette will be identical to the units already in service with the RSNF. This particular ship is the second of three that were recently ordered by the Saudi Ministry of Defence.
German sea rescue group orders new boats from Finnish builder
The German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger; DGzRS) has placed an order for new 12-metre rescue boats to be built by Arctic Boats (formerly Arctic Airboats) of Finland.
Design work on the boats will be undertaken by Finnish naval architecture firm R2 Marine. Boomeranger Boats will laminate the FRP parts and WD Steelworks will be responsible for the outfitting.
Arctic Boats said deliveries are scheduled to commence in the spring of 2026.
US Navy takes delivery of 13th air-cushion landing craft in series
The US Navy took delivery of its newest landing craft air cushion (LCAC), LCAC 112, from Textron Systems Corporation of New Orleans on Thursday, March 13.
The delivery of LCAC 112 comes after completion of acceptance trials conducted by the navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey, which evaluated the readiness and capability of the craft to effectively meet requirements.
