{"id":346772,"date":"2025-09-24T15:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=346772"},"modified":"2025-09-24T16:44:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:14:58","slug":"ins-androth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ins-androth\/","title":{"rendered":"INS Androth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Indian Navy\u2019s second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft INS Androth will be commissioned at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.<\/p>\n<h2>About INS Androth<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346773\" style=\"width: 342px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-346773\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-PIB-3.jpg?resize=342%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-PIB-3.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-PIB-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C677&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-PIB-3.jpg?resize=768%2C508&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-PIB-3.jpg?w=1310&amp;ssl=1 1310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an<strong>\u00a0Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC)<\/strong> commissioned for the Indian Navy.<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>second of sixteen anti-submarine warfare-shallow watercraft (ASW-SWC)<\/strong> programme.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Naming:<\/strong> It is <strong>named after Androth Island in Lakshadweep,<\/strong> reflecting India\u2019s commitment to safeguarding its maritime territories.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legacy:<\/strong> It honours the legacy of the earlier <strong>INS Androth (P69),<\/strong> decommissioned after over 27 years of service.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developed by: <\/strong>Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (<strong>GRSE<\/strong>) Ltd., Kolkata.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>designed to detect, track, and neutralise underwater threats with precision<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It will conduct <strong>maritime surveillance, coordinated Search and Rescue<\/strong>, and coastal defence missions, especially around the<strong> Lakshadweep archipelago<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features of INS Androth<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Propulsion and size: <\/strong>It has <strong>diesel engine<\/strong><strong>\u2013<\/strong><strong>waterjet propulsion<\/strong><strong>. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is approximately<strong> 77 m<\/strong> in length, making it<strong> among the largest Indian Naval warships using this combination<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weapons and sensors: <\/strong>It carries state-of-the-art <strong>lightweight torpedoes and indigenous anti-submarine warfare rockets<\/strong>, enabling high-fidelity threat engagement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Communication and mission systems: <\/strong>It fields modern communication systems that enable <strong>effective maritime surveillance, coordinated Search and Rescue responses, and coastal defence <\/strong>tasking across the spectrum of threats.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indigenous components and Aatmanirbhar Bharat: <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It incorporates over <strong>80%<\/strong><strong> indigenous components<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This reflecting the Government of <strong>India<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s vision of Aatmanirbharta<\/strong> and showcasing growing domestic shipbuilding capability while <strong>reducing import dependency<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Indian Navy\u2019s second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft INS Androth will be commissioned at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. About INS Androth It is an\u00a0Anti-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&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ins-androth\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">INS Androth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11959,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-346772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}