Stealth Frigate Udaygiri: Indian Navy Receives 100th Indigenously Built Ship

The Indian Navy received its 100th indigenously manufactured stealth Frigate Udaygiri on Tuesday (1 July).

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDSL) built Yard 12652 (Udaygiri), the second Project 17A stealth frigate, marking the 100th ship designed and delivered by the Navy's in-house Warship Design Bureau, reported The New Indian Express.

In a statement, the Indian Navy stated, "The Project is a follow-on of the Shivalik class (Project 17) frigates active in service. Udaygiri is the second among the seven P17A frigates under construction at MDSL, Mumbai and GRSE, Kolkata. It is going to bolster the Indian Navy's blue water capabilities in future."

"These multi-mission frigates are capable of operating in a 'Blue Water' environment dealing with both conventional and non-conventional threats in the area of India's maritime interests," the Navy added.

Udaygiri is the modern version of its predecessor, the erstwhile INS Udaygiri (decommissioned 2007).

The Navy states this ship exemplifies atma nirbharta (self-reliance) and employment generation.

"The shipbuilding requirements of the Project have led to direct employment generation for about 4,000 personnel and more than 10,000 personnel through indirect/ ancillary sources. The positive spin-offs of the shipbuilding project include self-reliance, economic development, employment generation, growth of MSMEs and ancillary ecosystem in the country."

MDSL and GRSE are constructing the remaining five P 17A Class ships for delivery by 2026.

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