Two warships of different classes were launched into the water, while the keel of a third vessel was laid on 13th June at Larsen & Toubro (L&T) shipyard at Kattupalli in Chennai. All these are being built by Kolkata-based defence shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE).The ships launched were Anjadip, the 3rd Anti-Submarine Shallow Water Craft (ASWSWC), and Sanshodhak, the 4th Survey Vessel Large (SVL) while the keel was laid for the 7th ASWSWC, GRSE said in a statement. Part of the construction has been sub-contracted to L&T Shipbuilding.“We launched the first SVL on December 5, 2021, and thereafter we have been launching a ship every six months with the last ship being launched today. As far as the ASW Shallow Watercraft Project is concerned, we launched the first ship on December 20, 2022, and are churning out a ship every month and we intend to maintain this tempo,” said Cmde P R Hari (Retd), Chairman and Managing Director, GRSE.
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