Two anti-submarine warfare shallow watercrafts of Indian Navy launched at Cochin Shipyard
The fourth and the fifth ships in the series of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts, vessels of the Indian Navy, were concurrently launched at the Cochin Shipyard on September 9, 2024.
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The fourth and the fifth ships in the series of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (ASW CWC), vessels of the Indian Navy, were concurrently launched at the Cochin Shipyard here on Monday (September 9, 2024). The vessels that are 78 m long, 11.36 m wide and have a draught of about 2.7 m would be able to achieve a maximum speed of 25 knots. They would have endurance of 1,800 nautical miles and would bear the names INS MALPE and INS MULKI on being commissioned into the Navy. The vessels having displacement about 900 tons are designed to fit indigenously ...