INS Kamorta, the first in series of anti-submarine corvettes indigenously built by Kolkata based Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), was handed over to Indian Navy here on Saturday.
“The super-sophisticated frontline warship was formally handed over by GRSE Chairman and Managing Director, Rear Admiral (Retd) A.K. Verma, VSM to the Commanding Officer of the ship Cdr. Manoj Jha at a brief ceremony,” a GRSE release said.
According to the GRSE , the significance of the warship is that it is the “first Indian Naval warship ever built in the country with almost 90 per cent of indigenous content.”
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The warship is being built with indigenously developed special grade high-tensile (DMR249A) steel produced by SAIL (Steel Authority of India), GRSE officials said.
“The hull of the ship encompasses the bulk of sensors and weapon systems that are also indigenously manufactured by various Indian Industries,” the release said. Experts at the GRSE also pointed out that the corvette has a significant edge over existing platforms of other warships as it has a “rail-less” helicopter traversing system. It also has foldable hangar door.
Work on the warship started in 2006.
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The handing over of the warship marks “fruition of a significant project in India’s pursuit for self-reliance in indigenous warship building.”