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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]
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.
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.
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]
INS Godavari (F20) was the lead ship of her class of guided-missile frigates of the Indian Navy. Built by Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai, she was the first Indian warship to be indigenously designed and built. [5] She was commissioned on 10 December 1983, and decommissioned on 23 December 2015 after a 32-year career. [6] [7]
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]
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]