SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                                 (RULE 13d-102)

             INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                (Amendment No. )1


                              KVH Industries, Inc.


                                (Name of Issuer)


                     Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share


                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   482738 10 0


                                 (CUSIP Number)

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   1
          NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
          S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS

              Daniel Swarovski
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          CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GRROUP            (a)|_|
                                                                       (b)|_|

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          SEC USE ONLY


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   4
          CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             Austria
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     NUMBER OF                 SOLE VOTING POWER
       SHARES                      480,000
    BENEFICIALLY
      OWNED BY
        EACH
      REPORTING
     PERSON WITH
     See Note A
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                           6
                               SHARED VOTING POWER
                                   N/A
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                             SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                     480,000
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                           8
                               SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

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   9
          AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

              480,000
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  10
          CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
          CERTAIN SHARES                                                 |_|

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  11
          PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

              6.9%
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          TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *

              IN
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                              * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!
Note A:Information as to beneficial ownership is given as of December 31, 1996.




Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:

         KVH Industries, Inc.

Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

         110 Enterprise Center
         Middletown, RI 02840

Item 2(a). Name of Persons Filing:

         Daniel Swarovski

Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office or, If None, Residence:

         Swarovskistrasse 18A
         Wattens, Austria

Item 2(c). Citizenship:

         Austria

Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:

         Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:

         482738 10 0
Item 3. If this  statement  is filed  pursuant to Rules  13d-1(b),  or 13d-2(b),
     check whether the person filing is a: Not applicable.
     (a) |_|      Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act;

     (b) |_|      Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act;

     (c) |_|      Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act,






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(d)  |_|Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company
     Act;
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(e)  |_|  Investment  Adviser  registered  under  Section 203 of the  Investment
     Advisers Act of 1940;
(f)  |_| Employee Benefit Plan,  Pension Fund which is subject to the provisions
     of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund;
(g) |_| Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(ii)(G); (h) |_|
Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(l)(ii)(H).

Item 4.  Ownership.  (See Note A)

         (a)  Amount beneficially owned:

                  480,000

         (b)  Percent of class:

                  6.9%

         (c)  Number of shares as to which such person has:

         (i)  Sole power to vote or to direct the vote

                  480,000

         (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote

                  N/A






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         (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of
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                  480,000      N/A

         (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

                  N/A


Item 5.  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

              Not applicable.

Item 6.  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

              Not applicable.

Item 7.  Identification  and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the
     Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.
              Not applicable.

Item 8.  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

              Not applicable.

Item 9.  Notice of Dissolution of Group.

              Not applicable.

Item 10. Certification.

              Not applicable.





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LIB_1 /0221472.01

SIGNATURE After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief,
     each of the  undersigned  certifies that the  information set forth in this
     statement with respect to it is true, complete and correct.

Date:    February    , 1997



/s/Daniel Swarovski

Daniel Swarovski





1    The  remainder  of this  cover  page  shall be filled  out for a  reporting
     person's  initial  filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
     securities,  and for any subsequent amendment containing  information which
     would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The  information  required  in the  remainder  of this  cover  page shall not be
     deemed to be  "filed"  for the  purpose  of  Section  18 of the  Securities
     Exchange  Act of 1934  or  otherwise  subject  to the  liabilities  of that
     section of the Act but shall be subject to all other  provisions of the Act
     (however, see the Notes).