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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Indian navy to buy hydrographic vessels to train sailors

INS DarshakTo train naval cadets on coastal and oceanic hydrographic survey, the Navy is on the lookout for a shipbuilder with the capability to build vessels that can map underwater landscape.

The vessels are required to carry out surveys near ports and harbours for determination of navigational approaches, channels and routes for defence applications.

"We want these survey vessels to be modelled on our own INS Darshak built by the Goa Shipyard and commissioned into naval service in 2001," a Navy officer said here today.

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