‘Vagsheer’ submarine to be launched on April 20

Mumbai, April 15 The Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) here will launch ‘Vagsheer’, the sixth submarine under the P75 Scorpene project, on April 20, officials said on Friday. Sea trials for ‘Vagir’, the fifth submarine of Project 75, started in...

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Updated At : 11:45 AM Apr 16, 2022 IST

Mumbai, April 15

The Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) here will launch ‘Vagsheer’, the sixth submarine under the P75 Scorpene project, on April 20, officials said on Friday.

Sea trials for ‘Vagir’, the fifth submarine of Project 75, started in February 2022.

“The sixth submarine will be launched on April 20,” an official of the defence public sector undertaking (PSU) said, adding that it would enable officials to undertake its sea trials before the commissioning. MDL chairman and managing director Vice-Admiral (retd) Narayan Prasad said presently Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders had an order book of Rs 46,000 crore which essentially comprised six submarine projects, project 15 Bravo destroyers and Project 17 Alpha Stealth frigates.

The INS Kalvari, INS Khanderi, INS Karanj and INS Vela have already been commissioned while the sea trials of the ‘Vagir’ are under way. —

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