SETTING NEW BENCHMARKS IN SHIPBUILDING

MDL has built 799 vessels, including 26 capital warships and six conventional submarines and have exported 243 vessels to its various clients abroad

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Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) is the premier shipbuilding yard in the country, producing world-class state of the art ships and submarines. From the time it was taken over by the Government of India in 1960, MDL has built 799 vessels, including 26 capital warships and six conventional submarines. MDL has also exported 243 vessels to its various clients abroad. The range of platforms delivered to various customers range from destroyers, stealth frigates, submarines, missile boats, corvettes, offshore patrol vessels, multipurpose support vessels, offshore supply vessels, dredgers, tugs and cargocum-passenger vessels. The main customer for MDL is the Indian Navy. Presently, MDL is involved in building four guided missile destroyers, four stealth frigates and six Scorpene-class submarines for the Indian Navy.

ONGOING PROJECTS 

Project 17A

Project 15B 

Project 75

The first stealth frigate of the Project 17A, ‘Nilgiri’ was launched on September 28, 2019 & currently is in advanced stage of outfitting. The second ship of P17A-class- ‘Udaygiri’ was launched on May 17, 2022. The third ship ‘Taragiri’ was launched on September 11, 2022, and the keel of the fourth ship has already been laid on June 28, 2022 and is planned to be launched in April 2023.

The first Guided Missile Destroyer of the Project-15B, INS Visakhapatnam was delivered to Indian Navy on October 28, 2021, the second ship ‘Mormugao’ is undergoing sea trials and is likely to be delivered in end-2022, the third ship ‘Imphal’ is currently at an advance stage of outfitting and trials of various auxiliary equipment is in progress. The fourth ship of the P15B-class named Surat was launched May 17, 2022.