Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Cochin Shipyard Delivers Third Anti-Submarine Craft to Indian Navy
Cochin Shipyard Limited has given the Indian Navy a new ship called Mangrol.
It is the third ship of its type delivered to the Navy.
The ship is designed to find and track submarines in shallow coastal waters.
It can also help with underwater surveillance and mine warfare.
The vessel can support low-intensity maritime operations.
More than 80% of the ship was made using resources from India.
It uses water jets, torpedoes, rockets, radars, and sonars.
Its name comes from a coastal town in Gujarat.
The name also remembers an older Indian Navy minesweeper called INS Mangrol.
Cochin Shipyard Limited delivered the third ASW-SWC, Mangrol, to the Indian Navy.
The vessel has more than 80% indigenous content and supports coastal underwater surveillance and anti-submarine warfare.
Mangrol is also equipped for low-intensity maritime operations and mine warfare.
Its systems include water-jet propulsion, torpedoes, anti-submarine rockets, radars, and sonars.
The ship is named after Mangrol in Gujarat and honors the legacy of the former INS Mangrol.
- Who
- Cochin Shipyard Limited delivered Mangrol to the Indian Navy.
- What
- The third anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft was delivered.
- Where
- The delivery was reported from Visakhapatnam; Mangrol is named after a coastal town in Junagadh district, Gujarat.
- Why
- The vessel is intended for underwater surveillance, coastal anti-submarine warfare, low-intensity maritime operations, and mine warfare, while supporting India’s indigenous shipbuilding effort.
- Vessel
- Mangrol, the third anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft delivered in the series
- Recipient
- Indian Navy
- Builder
- Cochin Shipyard Limited
- Indigenous content
- More than 80%
- Capabilities
- Underwater surveillance, anti-submarine warfare, low-intensity maritime operations, and mine warfare
- Equipment
- Torpedoes, anti-submarine rockets, advanced radars, and sonars
- Propulsion
- Water jets