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The dock will have dimensions 180 m (590 ft) by 44 m (144 ft) by 19.5 m (64 ft) in length, breadth and height, respectively and will be able to handle eight 12,800 tonne-class ships simultaneously. The dock will be used for construction and repair of larger commercial ships as well as for next generation destroyers. [11] [12]
The Defense Ministry on 24 January 2024 signed a ₹ 1,070 crore (US$120 million) contract for multi role FPVs will be indigenously designed, developed and manufactured by MDL under Buy (Indian-IDDM) Category and all boats will be delivered by 63 months from signing.
Designed by the Warship Design Bureau (WDB), a total of four ships are being built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), under the Make in India initiative. [8] The first vessel of the class, INS Visakhapatnam was commissioned on 21 November 2021. [9] The final ship of the class, INS Surat, was commissioned on 15 January 2025. [10]
On 12 September 2011, it was announced that Pipavav Shipyard entered a joint venture with Mazagon Dock Limited to collaborately build warships and submarines using Pipavav's facilities. The deal was intended to free up the congested order book of Mazagon shipyard and to give Pipavav a much needed boost in defence shipbuilding. [6]
In India Shipbuilding is an old sector where the various types of ship manufacturing currently. There are more than 700 Shipbuilders in India. There are more than 700 Shipbuilders in India. SS Jala Usha , the first modern steamship of free India, was launched from the slipway of the Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Visakhapatnam on March 14, 1948 ...
Bharati Shipyard builds jackup rigs, platform supply vessels, tractor and ASD tugs, dredgers, deep sea fishing vessels, bulk carriers, cargo and container ships, tankers and roll-on/roll-off vessels. In March 2009, it was awarded a ₹ 2.8 billion (US$32 million) contract to build 15 high-speed interceptors for the Indian Coast Guard .
An animated depiction of the Nilgiri-class frigate, showing its starboard.. The frigates were designed by the Warship Design Bureau (formerly Directorate of Naval Design) – an internal establishment within the Indian Navy responsible for designing warships; the organisation is also distinguished for having contributed to the designing of numerous Indian warships, including INS Vikrant ...
The class comprises three ships – Kolkata, Kochi and Chennai, all of which were built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in India, and are the largest destroyers to be operated by the Indian Navy. Due to delays in construction and sea trials, the initial commissioning date of the first ship of the class was pushed back from 2010 to 2014. [11] [12]