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Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) (IAST: Majhagānv Dawk Shipbuilders Limiṭeḍ), formerly called Mazagon Dock Limited, [3] is a company with shipyards situated in Mazagaon, Mumbai. It manufactures warships and submarines for the Indian Navy and offshore platforms and associated support vessels for offshore oil drilling.
Mazagon Dock Limited: Operators: Indian Coast Guard: Planned: 14: General characteristics; Type: Fast patrol vessel: Displacement: 300 tonnes (295 long tons) Propulsion: Waterjet propulsion with diesel engines [1] Speed: in excess of 33 kn (61 km/h) [1]
In February 2015, the IN contracted Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), a Mumbai-based public-sector shipyard, to build four P-17A frigates at an estimated cost of over ₹21,000 crore. [73] [74] According to the terms of the contract, MDL is to deliver the four frigates in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively. [75]
All the three ships of the class were constructed at the Mazagon Dock Limited. The construction of the lead ship, Shivalik, commenced in December 2000. The ship's keel was laid in July 2001 and was launched in April 2003. It underwent sea trials in February 2009 before being commissioned in April 2010.
Launch ceremony of the INS Mahendragiri. INS Mahendragiri is a Nilgiri-class (Project-17 Alpha) frigate of the Indian Navy. [1] It was built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai and was formally launched by Sudesh Dhankhar, wife of Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar on 1 September 2023.
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]
The Kolkata-class destroyers, also known Project 15A or Project 15 Alpha, are a class of stealth guided-missile destroyers constructed for the Indian Navy.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.
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]