The Indian Navy commissioned INS Malvan, the second vessel in the Mahe-class of anti-submarine shallow-water craft.
More than 80% of the ship’s equipment has been manufactured in India, highlighting India’s vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat or Self-reliance in the defence sector.
The submarine hunter was constructed at Kochi’s Cochin Shipyard Limited and has been named after a former minesweeper of the Indian Navy, which was decommissioned in 2003, after 19 years of operational life.
Malvan’s induction into the Navy marks a new generation of indigenously built shallow water crafts designed for efficiency, speed and operational success to safeguard the country’s maritime interests and borders, especially when China continues to assert maritime dominance in the Indian Ocean region.
With the motto ‘Silent Claws’, the ship carries a tiger emblem symbolising speed, courage, attack capabilities and depicts the navy’s vigilance in the maritime domain.
The commissioning event was organised at the INS Kadamba naval base in Karwar. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh was the chief guest, and he spoke about the importance of maintaining
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