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 a 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]
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 Sweden 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, John and his Indonesian wife, Lizza, moved there permanently. After some years of small-scale furniture manufacturing to gain experience in the business culture there, they founded the boat-building company North Sea Boats in 2003.
Products
The boats are constructed using composite production techniques such as dual-surface vacuum core resin infusion. All materials used are Lloyds/DNV Class Approved and include carbon composite fiber, E Glass multi-axial non-woven stitched reinforcing, 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 inboarddiesel engines, outboard motors, transom drives, or waterjets.
X3K
A 63-meter-long carbon composite[8]stealthtrimaran 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 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 infusible vinyl ester resin chemistry have seen the incorporation of nanoparticles into the resin. These particles aid the transfer of the resin through the carbon/glass fiber matrix and allow the use of fire retardant grade viny Lester for infusion. This makes the carbon fiber 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 defense 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 LOMOcean's trimaran hull form. 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 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 over 50 knots.
There are several X2K variants in production, which include:[1][14]
Sports / Fishing - center 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 a fast interception.
Sports RHIB - center console recreational model
Special Forces / Operations RHIB - serving military and law enforcement roles.
Interceptor RHIB - designed for patrol and a fast interception.
SAR / Pilot / Work RHIB - configured for Search & Rescue, Pilot, and workboat 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 designed for passenger transfers, diving, conservation, patrol, and combat operations. It can also be used for law enforcement, medical evacuations, and rescue operations.
Tank Boat
The X18 Tank Boat is a catamaran design for coastal and riverine environments. It 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 Defense Cockerill 3105. The 105 mm gun is also capable of firing the Cockerill Falarick 105 Gun Launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile (GLATGM). It can be augmented with a Bofors LEMUR Remote Weapons Systems incorporating 7.62 – 30 mm GPMG/ Cannon. In April 2021, a working prototype underwent testing. The prototype however uses 30 mm cannon as its main gun.[15]
^Swedish rescue boats manufacturer Safe at Sea AB signs sales agreement with North Sea Boats in Indonesia." Nordic Business Report. Normans Media Ltd. 2007.
^"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.)
^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.)
^"Svensk bygger Asiens vassaste stridsbåt" [Swedish building Asia's sharpest battleship]. Dagens Möjligheter (in Swedish). 5 December 2012. som startades 2003 (founded in 2003)
^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.)
^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 Defense 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 Defense Weekly.)
^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.)
