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The Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) said that it has laid the keel for the
seventh Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) as part of a
contract to build eight such vessels for the Indian Navy. The keel-laying
ceremony took place at CSL in the presence of Rear Admiral Upal Kundu, VSM,
Chief of Staff, Southern Naval Command.
Senior naval officers, CSL officials, and representatives from the DNV
Classification Society were also present. The agreement to construct eight ASW
SWC ships was signed between the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and CSL in April
2019.
The Mahe-class
ships will replace the in-service Abhay-class ASW Corvettes and are designed to
perform anti-submarine operations in coastal waters, Low-Intensity Maritime
Operations (LIMO), mine-laying tasks, and subsurface surveillance. Equipped with
state-of-the-art, indigenously developed SONARS, these vessels have a maximum
speed of 25 knots and an endurance of 1800 nautical miles.
The construction of these high-tech warships with significant indigenous
content exemplifies India’s capability and commitment to ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.
Five of the eight vessels have already been launched and are in various stages
of machinery and system outfitting. The keel of the sixth vessel was laid in
December last year. The first ship in
the series is scheduled to be delivered by March 2025.
