Toggle navigation ICG ship Sujeet , second in the series of five OPV indigenously designed and built by Goa Shipyard Limited will be commissioned at Goa today.
Offshore Patrol Vessel Sujeet to be commissioned today ANI | Updated: Dec 15, 2020 09:32 IST
Vasco da Gama (Goa) [India], December 15 (ANI): Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship Sujeet , the second in the series of five Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) built by GoaShipyard Limited, will be commissioned at Goa on Tuesday.
ICG said that this vessel has been made in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi s vision of Make in India . The indigenously built ship will be commissioned by Secretary of Defence Production Raj Kumar.
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Indian Navyâs Indigenous Project 17A Frigate Himgiri Makes First Contact With Water
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âHimgiriâ, the first of the three Project 17A ships being built at Kolkataâs Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), made her first contact with the waters of Hoogly River on Monday.
Project 17A has upheld Indiaâs vision for Atmanirbhar Bharat. P17A ships have been indigenously designed by Directorate of Naval Design (Surface Ship Design Group) â DND (SSG), and are being built at indigenous yards namely Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and GRSE.
General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was the Chief Guest at the ceremony. In keeping with Naval traditions Smt Madhulika Rawat, spouse of CDS, launched the ship to the chanting of invocations from the Atharva Veda. The ship has taken its name and crest of the second Frigate of the Leander Class of ships, which incidentally was launched 50 years ago in 1970.
Updated Dec 15, 2020 | 11:31 IST
The CDS said that the new generation Project 17A ships with advanced stealth features, state-of-the-art weapons and sensor systems will be a major boost to Indian Navy s mobility to undertake a variety of chall GRSE-built stealth frigate Himgiri | Photo Credit: ANI
Kolkata: The first GRSE-built Project 17A stealth frigate Himgiri , which will add to the might of the Indian Navy, was launched on Monday, with Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat describing it as a historic moment.
The CDS said that the new generation Project 17A ships with advanced stealth features, state-of-the-art weapons and sensor systems will be a major boost to Indian Navy s mobility to undertake a variety of challenging tasks.
Warship launch at Garden Reach The contract for construction of three stealth frigates under Project 17A is the largest ever order awarded to GRSE by the defence ministry
The first of three stealth frigates, Himgiri, built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) under Project 17A for the navy, launched into water at Garden Reach on Monday .
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The ship was launched by Madhulika Rawat, wife of General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff, who was the chief guest for the occasion. “China’s attempt to change the status quo on Line of Actual Control along the northern border during the Covid-19 pandemic necessitates high-level preparation on land, sea and air. I am fully confident that Indian Armed Forces will leave no stone unturned to safeguard our frontiers,” Rawat said.
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