Christened ‘Mormugao’, the vessel has been built by government-run Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd and belongs to Visakhapatnam class of ships being constructed under Project 15B. Photo: Vivek Bendre
Mormugao has a displacement of 7,300 tonne with maximum speed of over 30 knots. The warship is equipped with surface-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles and anti-submarine rocket launchers. It is also capable of carrying two anti-submarine warfare helicopters. Photo: @askohgehlot51/Twitter
Fitted also with the Barak-8 long-range missiles, Mormugao has been named after the picturesque port in Goa, the home State of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. Photo: Vivek Bendre
The vessel also has a multi-mission radar for surveillance along with medium range air/surface surveillance radar and other advanced electronic warfare and decoys. Photo shows a surface-to-surface missile being fired from INS Nirghat. Photo: The Hindu
Four more such destroyers would be built and delivered by MDL during 2020-2024. Photo: Vivek Bendre
After Visakhapatnam and Mormugao, the next in the queue is ‘Paradip’ followed by another warship expected to be named after a coastal city of Gujarat.