Bhubaneswar, March 3: Odisha-based Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has supplied the special quality of steel for building the INS Anjadip, which commissioned duty in Indian Navy recently.
According to officials, the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), the largest steelmaking public sector unit and Maharatana company, has supplied the entire quantity of special steel for the INS Anjadip built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE).
INS Anjadip is the third Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) corvette commissioned into the Indian Navy, following the commissioning of INS Arnala and INS Androth last year.
The ASW-SWC corvettes are being built indigenously to replace the Navy’s aging Abhay-class vessels.
Contributing to this strategic effort, SAIL has supplied the full quantity of approximately 3,500 tonnes of special-grade steel for the eight ASW-SWC corvettes being built by (GRSE). The steel was sourced from SAIL’s integrated plants at Bokaro, Bhilai and Rourkela, underscoring the strength of India’s domestic supply chain, the officials said.
Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi commissioned the ship at the Chennai Port on Friday.
The vessel is engineered to act as a “Dolphin Hunter”, focused on the detection, tracking, and neutralisation of enemy submarines in coastal areas. The ship is packed with indigenous, cutting-edge Anti-Submarine Warfare.
The 77-metre-long ship features a high-speed water-jet propulsion system, enabling it to achieve a top speed of 25 knots for rapid response and sustained operations.
Built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, INS Anjadip is a state-of-the-art vessel specifically designed to address the challenges of the littoral combat environment–coastal and shallow waters vital for the nation’s security, the Navy said.
Besides the Anti-Submarine Warfare role, the warship is also equipped to take up coastal surveillance, Low-Intensity Maritime Operations and Search and Rescue operations.
The ship is packed with an indigenous, cutting-edge Anti-Submarine Warfare weapons and sensor package, including the hull-mounted sonar Abhay, and armed with Lightweight Torpedoes and ASW Rockets.
The induction of INS Anjadip, named after the island off the coast of Karwar in north Karnataka in the Arabian Sea, bolsters the Navy’s capacity to safeguard India’s vast maritime interests and coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
This milestone highlights SAIL’s commitment to advancing India’s self-reliance in defence manufacturing, reduce import dependence and reinforcing the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
Over the years, the SAIL has consistently met the nation’s requirement for special-grade steel in defence indigenization, supplying to landmark projects such as INS Vikrant, INS Udaygiri, INS Nilgiri, and INS Surat among others.
