News: Indian Navy’s second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft INS Androth will be commissioned at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.
About INS Androth
- It is an Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) commissioned for the Indian Navy.
- It is the second of sixteen anti-submarine warfare-shallow watercraft (ASW-SWC) programme.
- Naming: It is named after Androth Island in Lakshadweep, reflecting India’s commitment to safeguarding its maritime territories.
- Legacy: It honours the legacy of the earlier INS Androth (P69), decommissioned after over 27 years of service.
- Developed by: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd., Kolkata.
- Functions
- It is designed to detect, track, and neutralise underwater threats with precision.
- It will conduct maritime surveillance, coordinated Search and Rescue, and coastal defence missions, especially around the Lakshadweep archipelago.
- Features of INS Androth
- Propulsion and size: It has diesel engine–waterjet propulsion.
- It is approximately 77 m in length, making it among the largest Indian Naval warships using this combination.
- Weapons and sensors: It carries state-of-the-art lightweight torpedoes and indigenous anti-submarine warfare rockets, enabling high-fidelity threat engagement.
- Communication and mission systems: It fields modern communication systems that enable effective maritime surveillance, coordinated Search and Rescue responses, and coastal defence tasking across the spectrum of threats.
- Indigenous components and Aatmanirbhar Bharat:
- It incorporates over 80% indigenous components.
- This reflecting the Government of India’s vision of Aatmanirbharta and showcasing growing domestic shipbuilding capability while reducing import dependency.
- Propulsion and size: It has diesel engine–waterjet propulsion.
