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Catamaran
Makar-class catamaran is a catamaran. It was built by Alcock Ashdown Gujarat Ltd. Reported operators include Indian Navy.
AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Makar-class catamaran; geometry is illustrative. Not evidence for specifications.
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Alcock Ashdown Gujarat Ltd
Indian Navy
Sandhayak-class survey ship (1981)
Sandhayak-class survey vessel (2023)
₹ 800 crore (US$83 million)
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Catamaran
500 tons
53.15 m (174 ft 5 in)
16.0 m (52 ft 6 in)
2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
4 × 1,007 kW (1,350 hp) Cummins KTA 38M2
Two bow thrusters
Maximum speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at economic cruising
Carries two motor boats, also carries autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs)
6 officers and 44 sailors, and 6 scientists
Advanced Electronic Positioning System, Multi-beam Swath Sounding Systems and Sub-Bottom Profiler. Equipped with modern oceanographic and land survey equipment.
Therefore, these ships are likely to be more advanced and outperform the Makar class which has a displacement of only 500 tonnes.
The Makar -class survey catamarans were a series of six 500-ton steel hull/aluminium superstructure hydrographic survey catamarans being built by Alcock Ashdown ( Gujarat ) Ltd at its Bhavnagar shipyard for the Indian Navy . The ships are designed by an Australian naval architecture firm Sea Transport Solutions, which is based in Queensland 's Gold Coast . The deal was canceled due to the extensive delays as the Navy was not satisfied with the timeline and a fresh award for construction of another class of survey vessels to the GRSE has also been undertaken. Only one ship was constructed.
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 53.15 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Makar-class catamaran equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
IndiaNavy exact named class holdings of Makar. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT / AGS. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The own fetched design source declares this exact class and its PDF operator country; ship capacities and fitted launcher/armament counts are retained as source scope, not added to hull quantities.