India will commission the indigenous stealth frigate INS Mahendragiri (F38) on July 11 at Visakhapatnam, adding another advanced warship to the Indian Navy as it continues to modernise its fleet with locally built vessels.
The commissioning ceremony will be attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Designed by the Indian Navy’s Warship Design Bureau and built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, INS Mahendragiri is the sixth stealth frigate under the Project 17A programme.
The warship joins the fleet just weeks after the commissioning of INS Dunagiri, the fifth Nilgiri-class frigate, continuing the Navy’s induction of next-generation indigenous warships.
INS Mahendragiri is designed to carry out anti-air, anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare missions. It can also be deployed for maritime security operations, search and rescue, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR), power projection and long-duration operational deployments.
The frigate is equipped with an advanced range of indigenous weapons and sensors, including surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missile systems, electronic warfare systems, anti-submarine
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