KOLKATA / (KOCHI) — State-owned builder Cochin Shipyard has floated the seventh anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW SWC), christened Machilipatnam, designated for deployment by the Indian Navy.
The formal launch took place on Wednesday, marking substantial headway on an eight-ship defence contract.
Carrying the yard designation BY 529, the newly introduced hull takes its moniker from the ancient port city (Machilipatnam) situated along the Bay of Bengal coastline in Andhra Pradesh. The ASW SWC vessels can undertake anti-submarine operations in coastal waters, mine deployment duties and low intensity maritime operations.
Technical specifications for the warship outline a hull spanning 78 metres in length and 11.36 metres across its beam, operating on a 2.7-metre draught. Displacing about 900 tons, the craft achieves a maximum speed of 25 knots and boasts an operational range stretching 1,800 nautical miles.
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