Mahendragiri, the last of Project 17A Frigates - designed by #IndianNavy’s Warship Design Bureau - will be launched by Dr (Smt) Sudesh Dhankhar, wife of @VPIndia, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, at M/s @MazagonDockLtd, Mumbai on 01 Sep 23.#AatmaNirbharBharathttps://t.co/kWbH3LBEiy pic.twitter.com/ICv4ibYqgb
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) August 30, 2023
Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:22am on 31 Aug 2023,Thursday Defence
Boosting naval capabilities, India's latest stealth frigate 'Mahendragiri' will be launched on September 1 in Mumbai by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's wife Sudesh. It is the seventh frigate under Project 17A with advanced features compared to the previous Shivalik class. Four frigates are being built at Mazagon Dock and three at GRSE Kolkata under the project. The launch, comes amid the government's focus on defence self-reliance with changing Indian Ocean dynamics. President Murmu earlier launched the sixth 17A frigate 'Vindhyagiri' on August 17. All seven frigates are at different build stages and will join the navy during 2024-26 to strengthen its combat readiness.
