HSL-class fleet support ship
Render of HSL-class fleet support ship | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | |
| Operators | Indian Navy |
| Preceded by | Deepak class |
| Cost | |
| Planned | 5 |
| Building | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fleet replenishment oiler |
| Displacement | 45,000 t (44,289 long tons) |
| Length | 228.8 m (750 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 31.5 m (103 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 15–16 knots (28–30 km/h; 17–18 mph) |
| Armament | Anti-surface, anti-submarine CIWS |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × HAL Dhruv |
| Aviation facilities | Helipad |
The HSL-class fleet support vessels are a series of five fleet tanker planned to be built by Hindustan Shipyard (HSL), Visakhapatnam and Larsen & Toubro at Kattupalli Shipyard for the Indian Navy. The deal was signed on 25 August 2023 with an expected project completion timeline of 8 years. These ships will be an indigenous design by the Hindustan Shipyard's in-house design team. The primary role of the vessels would be to replenish ships of the Indian Navy with fuel, food and various other supplies. With a length of 230 m and displacement of 45,000 tonnes (44,000 long tons), these will be the heaviest and the second largest vessels to be in operation in the Indian Navy fleets before 2030.