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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]
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]
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
The ship was built by Mazagon Dock Ltd in Mumbai and has an indigenous content of 72%. After her mid-life upgrade in 2011, the ship has been fitted with new weapons and sensors, which include the Barak surface-to-air missile system, an Oto Melara 76 mm gun, HUMSA sonar [2] and Advanced Ship Control System for UAVs.