Indian ASW corvette programme cuts first steel
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has commenced construction of its eight-ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASWSWC) programme for the Indian Navy (IN) with a steel-cutting ceremony for the first ship to be called INS Mahe (BY 523), the company announced on 1 December.
CSL is one of two shipyards – the other being Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) – building eight ships each (valued at INR63.11 billion, or $855.6 million) for the IN’s 16-ship ASWSWC programme.
Each shipyard is building a bespoke variant of the ASWSWC, working to a broad set of specifications laid down by the IN. CSL’s variant
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