North Sea Boats

North Sea Boats is an international boat building company specialized in building craft for military, law enforcement, SAR, commercial, and high performance applications.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The company has presence in Sweden, Singapore and Indonesia, with its headquarters located at Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia. North Sea Boats was founded in 2003 by John and Lizza Lundin as a trading name for PT. Lundin Industry Invest.[7]

North Sea Boats
(PT. Lundin Industry Invest)
IndustryBoat building
Shipyard
Founded2003
FounderJohn Lundin
Lizza Lundin
Headquarters
Banyuwangi
,
Indonesia
Number of locations
Banyuwangi
Number of employees
375 - January 2019
Websitewww.northseaboats.com

History

John Lundin grew up with boats, as his father Allan Lundin founded the Swedeship company which operated shipyards including Gotland shipyard and Djupvik Shipyard in Sweden. After the Swedish shipyard crisis the Swedeship company was the largest privately owned boat building company in Sweden. It was through Swedeship that John first came to Indonesia in the mid 1990s to investigate the company's expansion opportunities. Allan Lundin died from cancer in 1996, and Swedeship was sold. However the family dream of a shipyard in Indonesia still remained, so John and his Indonesian wife Lizza moved there permanently. After some years of small-scale furniture manufacturing to gain experience of the business culture there, they founding the boat building company North Sea Boats in 2003.

Products

The boats are constructed using modern composite production techniques such as dual surface vacuum core resin infusion. All materials used are LLoyds / DNV Class Approved, and include carbon composite fibre and E Glass multi-axial non-woven stitched re-inforcings and Vinyl Ester resins.

The various models incorporate "open architecture" deck plans that can be configured to perform multi-role tasks in a broad range of operational environments. They can be powered by inboard diesel engines, outboard motors or by transom drives and waterjets.

X3K

A 63 meter long carbon composite[8] stealth trimaran missile ship. The Indonesian Navy ordered the first of four for delivery starting in 2012.[9][10][11][12] The first of these was named KRI Klewang (hull number 625) and was launched on 29 August 2012; however, only four weeks later the ship caught fire on 28 September while undergoing fit-out in Banyuwangi, and was completely destroyed.

A replacement 63 m Trimaran is now under construction in Banyuwangi, and is expected to be launched in early 2016. In the interim period, advances in infusable vinylester resin chemistry have seen the incorporation of nano particles into the resin. These particles aid the transfer of the resin through the carbon/glass fibre matrix and allow the use of fire retardant grade vinylester for infusion. This makes the carbon fibre composite structure of the new vessel self-extinguishing.[13]

X3K trimaran

Bonefish USV

Saab and PT Lundin (North Sea Boats) revealed a mockup of a trimaran Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) at Indo Defence 2014.

It was formally unveiled by Indonesia's defence minister General (ret.) Ryamizard Ryacudu and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Marsetio in a joint ribbon-cutting ceremony on the first day of the show.

Development of the Bonefish demonstrator began at the start of 2014, the concept marrying Saab Australia's mission systems integration expertise with a LOMOcean's trimaran hullform. The mockup was built in approximately six months at PT Lundin's composite boat production facility in Banyuwangi, East Java.

Capable of speeds of up to 40kts, Bonefish is designed to incorporate a wide range of sensors, satellite-based control and a modular payload bay to enable role flexibility. Potential missions could include anti-piracy, maritime surveillance, anti-submarine warfare, mine countermeasures, search and rescue, and hydrography.

X2K

The 10.3 X2K Range and the 11.3 m X2K RHIB ( Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat ) Range of models incorporate a double stepped hull design that is based on an offshore race boat design from Sweden. It is a high performance model capable of speeds in excess of 50 knots.

There are several X2K variants in production, which include:[1][14]

  • Sports / Fishing - centre console recreational model
  • VIP Transfer - with an enclosed cabin for passenger transfers
  • Dive - configured for diving, or as a work boat.
  • Interceptor - designed for patrol and fast interception.
  • Sports RHIB - centre console recreational model
  • Special Forces / Operations RHIB - serving military and law enforcement roles.
  • Interceptor RHIB - designed for patrol and fast interception.
  • SAR / Pilot / Work RHIB - configured for Search & Rescue, Pilot and work boat roles.

X10 RHIB

The X10 is a 10.5 m RHIB model with a Deep "Vee" hull design. It is designed for patrol or commercial duty and can be fitted with either inboard diesel engines and waterjets, conventional stern drives, or outboard motors.

X38 Catamaran

The X38 is a 12.3 m, stepped-hull, power catamaran design that offers excellent sea-keeping, efficiency, speed, and safety. It is ideally suited for passenger transfers, diving, conservation, patrol, and combat operations. It can also be used for law enforcement, medical evacuations and rescue operations.

Tankboat

The X18 Tank Boat is an innovative, fast, stealthy, and highly maneuverable catamaran design that provides a stable weapons platform for close-in and long range direct fire support in normally inaccessible coastal and riverine Environments.

Fitted with high performance diesel engines and water jet propulsion, the twin hull configuration has excellent sea keeping properties and the added advantage of shallow draft. Giving it the ability to execute beach and river landings and insert or extract squads of up to 20 Special Forces or Marines. The X18 Tank Boat has a crew of 6, and will also carry a High-speed Interdiction RIB for boarding and SEAL insertion.

The main weapon system of the X18 Tank Boat is the CMI Defence Cockerill 3105. This system is based on a versatile and powerful high-pressure low recoil-force 105mm gun. Fully stabilised, accurate by day or night, and able to use a wide range of NATO standard 105mm ammunition, this weapon system directly engages a broad spectrum of targets at up to 5,000m range, and indirectly engages targets to 10,000m range. The powerful, accurate and flexible Cockerill C3105 weapon system gives the X18 Tank Boat Commander a wide range of tactical options at all stages of his mission.

The 105mm is also capable of firing the Cockerill Falarick 105 Gun Launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile (GLATGM). Elevating to +42° the weapon delivers exceptional engagement capability in complex situations, and the GLATGM permits hard and Point target to be engaged at extended ranges (up to 5 km). The mounting of this type of system allows for flexibility in logistics with the various calibres already in common use with NATO and other major military powers. This is the first time that any company has conceived of mounting this type of system aboard a small, fast and stealthy catamaran that with only a 1-meter draught makes it ideally suited for the confines of coastal waterway operations.

The X18 can be augmented with a Bofors LEMUR Remote Weapons Systems incorporating 7.62 – 30 mm GPMG/ Cannon.

References
  1. "Swede Launches Advanced Stealth Warship in Indonesia". scandasia.com. 3 September 2012.
  2. Swedish rescue boats manufacturer Safe at Sea AB signs sales agreement with North Sea Boats in Indonesia." Nordic Business Report. Normans Media Ltd. 2007. HighBeam Research. 5 Aug. 2012 <http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-171901508.html>.(subscription required)
  3. "Malaysian and Singaporean Navy Purchase Banyuwangi Patrol Ship" (PDF). Indonesian News & Views. Indonesian Embassy, Finland. 1 December 2009. pp. 9–10.
  4. "Kerjasama TNI AL di Bidang Kapal Patroli dengan PT Lundin Industry Invest" [Cooperation in the Field Navy Patrol Boats with PT Lundin Industry Invest] (in Indonesian). Antara (news agency). 29 August 2007. TNI Angkatan Laut melakukan kerjasama dengan PT Lundin Industry Invest dalam rangka penelitian dan pengembangan rekayasa kapal patroli cepat Trimaran, serta kerjasama di bidang peningkatan kemampuan Sumber Daya Manusia (SDM) dan pembangunan fasilitas galangan untuk pembangunan kapal patroli (Navy cooperation with PT Lundin Industry Invest in the framework of research and engineering development of a fast patrol vessel Trimaran, as well as cooperation in capacity building of Human Resources (HR) and the construction of dock facilities for patrol boats.)
  5. Blomgren, Jan (4 January 2012). "Svensk i fronten för hemligt båtprojekt" [Swedish in the front for a secret boat project]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). För John Lundin, göteborgare och grundare av JT Lundin Industry Invest, är det pågående hemligstämplade projektet kulmen på tio år av båtbyggande i Indonesien. (For John Lundin, Gothenburg and the founder of JT Lundin Industry Invest is the ongoing secret project is the culmination of ten years of boat building in Indonesia.)
  6. "Indonesia Segera Miliki Kapal Perang Canggih "Trimaran"" [Indonesia Soon To Have Advanced Warship "Trimaran"] (in Indonesian). Antara (news agency) via Yahoo! News Indonesia. 21 December 2011.
  7. "Svensk bygger Asiens vassaste stridsbåt" [Swedish building Asia's sharpest battleship]. Dagens Möjligheter (in Swedish). 5 December 2012. som startades 2003 (founded in 2003)
  8. 63m FMPV Trimaran - Stealth Fast Missile Patrol Vessel
  9. ВМС Индонезии заказали четыре малозаметных тримарана [Indonesian navy ordered the four tri-stealth] (in Russian). ITAR-TASS. 24 January 2012. ВМС Индонезии заказали четыре малозаметных тримарана X3K с ракетным вооружением. Тримараны, изготовление которых обеспечит компания Lundin Industry Invest, будут иметь корпуса из углепластика. (Indonesian navy ordered the four tri-subtle X3K with missile weapons. Trimarans, production company which will provide Lundin Industry Invest, will have a body of carbon fiber.)
  10. ВМС Индонезии вооружатся малозаметными тримаранами [Indonesian navy arm themselves with inconspicuous trimaran]. lenta.ru (in Russian). 25 January 2012. ВМС Индонезии заказали у компании Lundin Industry Invest четыре малозаметных ракетных тримарана X3K с корпусами из углепластика, сообщает ИТАР-ТАСС со ссылкой на Jane's Defence Weekly. (Indonesian navy ordered the company Lundin Industry Invest four stealth missile tri X3K with shells made of carbon fiber, according to ITAR-TASS reported with reference to Jane's Defence Weekly.)
  11. Hamdani, Irul (2010-10-14). "TNI AL Akan Miliki Kapal Cepat Rudal Akhir Tahun 2011" [Navy Fast Missile Vessel By Year-End 2011]. detikSurabaya (in Indonesian). TNI Angkatan Laut (AL) dipastikan akan segera memiliki Kapal Cepat Rudal (KCR) Trimaran. Kapal didanai Anggaran dan Belanja Negara itu masih dalam proses pembuatan di PT Lundin Industry Invest di Banyuwangi. (The Navy will likely soon have a Quick Ship Missile (KCR) Trimaran. Ship funded and Expenditure Budget is still in the process of making the PT Lundin Industry Invest in Banyuwangi.)
  12. "63m Fast Missile Trimaran". North Sea Boats.
  13. Jakarta Post: Navy vessel catches fire in Banyuwangi (28 September 2012).
  14. David, Adrian (8 December 2011). "Malaysia-Indonesia co-operation to build attack boats". New Straits Times.
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