Indian Navy receives third indigenous ASW Shallow Water Craft ‘Anjadip’ from GRSE

The Indian Navy connected Monday (December 22, 2025) received Anjadip, the 3rd of 8 Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC), indigenously designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.

The transportation took spot successful Chennai, marking different important measurement successful India’s thrust towards self-reliance successful defence shipbuilding.

The Navy informed that the ASW SWC task is being executed nether a Public-Private Partnership betwixt GRSE and L&T Shipyard, Kattupalli. The vessels person been designed and constructed successful accordance with the classification rules of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS), demonstrating the occurrence of collaborative defence manufacturing successful the country.

Largest naval warships

At astir 77 metres successful length, the ASW SWCs are the largest Indian naval warships to beryllium propelled by waterjets. They are equipped with state-of-the-art lightweight torpedoes, indigenously developed anti-submarine rockets and shallow-water sonar, enabling effectual detection and engagement of underwater threats. These platforms volition importantly heighten the Navy’s anti-submarine warfare capability, coastal surveillance and mine-laying operations, the Navy added.

Anjadip is named aft Anjadip Island disconnected the seashore of Karwar successful Karnataka and is simply a reincarnation of the erstwhile INS Anjadip, a Petya-class corvette that was decommissioned successful 2003. The naming underscores India’s committedness to safeguarding its extended maritime domain.

With this delivery, GRSE has achieved the uncommon feat of delivering 5 warships to the Indian Navy successful a azygous year. Anjadip is the 115th warship built by the shipyard and the 77th delivered to the Navy. The vas was accepted by Rear Admiral Gautam Marwaha, VSM, Chief Staff Officer (Technical), Eastern Naval Command.

Earlier successful 2025, GRSE delivered the Advanced Guided Missile Frigate Himgiri, the archetypal 2 ASW SWCs Arnala and Androth, and the Survey Vessel (Large) Ikshak, each of which person since been commissioned.

Fitted with an indigenous 30 mm Naval Surface Gun and boasting implicit 80% indigenous content, Anjadip exemplifies the government’s ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ imaginativeness and the increasing spot of India’s home defence manufacturing ecosystem, the Navy said.