Stealth Frigate Mahendragiri
Mahendragiri is the latest warship of Indian Navy.
The project is the seventh warship of Project 17A.
The warship has a length 149 metre, a width of 17.8 metre, and will have a top speed of 28 knots, the officials said.
Mahendragiri is the last stealth frigate of Project 17A and it is built at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited in Mumbai.
Four warships are being built at Mazagon Dock and the rest at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, under the project 17A.
All Project 17A warships are currently in different stages of construction and are expected to be delivered to the navy from 2024-26. The warships have a displacement of 6,670 tonne.
It is named after a mountain peak in the Eastern Ghats of Odisha.
Boasts enhanced stealth features, advanced weapons, sensors, and platform management systems.
Ships built under Project 17A
INS Nilgiri, INS Himgiri, INS Udaygiri, INS Dunagiri, INS Taragiri, INS Vindhyagiri and INS Mahendragiri.
The ships will be named after the names of hill ranges in India.
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