HSL-class fleet support ship

Render of HSL-class fleet support ship
Class overview
Builders
Operators Indian Navy
Preceded byDeepak class
Cost
  • 19,000 crore (US$2.2 billion) overall cost
  • 3,600 crore (US$430 million) per ship
Planned5
Building4
General characteristics
TypeFleet replenishment oiler
Displacement45,000 t (44,289 long tons)
Length228.8 m (750 ft 8 in)
Beam31.5 m (103 ft 4 in)
Draft9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) at 15–16 knots (28–30 km/h; 17–18 mph)
ArmamentAnti-surface, anti-submarine CIWS
Aircraft carried1 × HAL Dhruv
Aviation facilitiesHelipad

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.