Archive · 29 Aug 2026
India’s First Indigenous Multi-Purpose Vessel Samarthak Delivered
The Indian Navy has received a new ship called Samarthak.
It is the Navy’s first Multi-Purpose Vessel built entirely in India.
The ship is not mainly a fighting ship at the front of a battle.
Instead, it can help test weapons, sensors, drones and other equipment.
It can also watch the sea, patrol offshore areas and assist during disasters.
This allows India’s main warships to focus on combat duties.
More than 75% of the ship’s components were made in India.
The vessel is part of India’s effort to build more of its defence equipment domestically.
The Indian Navy received Samarthak, its first indigenously built Multi-Purpose Vessel.
Larsen & Toubro constructed the 107-metre ship with over 75% Indian content.
The vessel was delivered at Kattupalli shipyard near Chennai on August 27, 2026.
Samarthak will support trials, surveillance, offshore patrols and disaster-relief missions.
The ship comes from an ₹887 crore contract for two vessels signed in March 2022.
- Who
- The Indian Navy received Samarthak, built by Larsen & Toubro for the Ministry of Defence.
- What
- Delivery of India’s first indigenously designed and constructed Multi-Purpose Vessel.
- When
- The vessel was delivered on August 27, 2026, after being launched in October 2024 and completing trials and safety checks.
- Where
- At Larsen & Toubro’s Kattupalli shipyard near Chennai, India.
- Why
- To provide a flexible platform for naval trials, surveillance, patrol and humanitarian-relief missions while supporting India’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat defence-indigenisation effort.
- Vessel
- Samarthak, meaning “The Proponent”
- Builder
- Larsen & Toubro
- Length
- 107 metres
- Displacement
- More than 3,750 tonnes
- Indigenous content
- Over 75%
- Contract
- ₹887 crore Buy (Indian) contract for two vessels
- Contract date
- March 2022
- Primary roles
- Trials, surveillance, offshore patrol and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief