INS Karanj, third Scorpeneclass submarine is launched

“Made in India”

On 31 January 2018, in the presence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba, and CMD MDL Commodore Rakesh Anand ( retd.), Karanj, the third of P75 Scorpene- class submarine was launched. After the successful commissioning of INS Kalvari on 14 December 2017, this launch confirms the remarkable success of indigenous submarines built by Indian shipyard Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) through technology transfer and partnership with Naval Group, in line with the Indian Government’s ‘Make in India’ policy.

Post launch, the completion of setting to work will be undertaken by the trained and skilled teams of MDL and thereafter sea trials will commence. The second boat INS Khanderi is already undergoing sea trials and will be commissioned in the coming months. All these boats have been fitted with critical equipment, built in India by qualified and highly trained industrial MSMEs, which forms the sound base of submarine building ecosystem of India.

While attending the event at Mumbai, Alain Guillou, Senior Executive Vice President, Naval Group said,“This is a remarkable feat achieved by India, and MDL is indeed grown to be among the rarest of shipyards around the world to have mastered such unique competence of submarine building. We are glad to partner with such a shipyard, which can boast of competence and infrastructure which allows them to build 12 submarines at a time, thus proving an industrial marvel and an asset for Indian Navy and Indian government.”

The Scorpene- class is a 2000-tonne conventionalpropulsion submarine designed and developed by Naval Group for all types of missions such as surface vessel warfare, anti-submarine warfare, long-range strikes, special operations or intelligence gathering. Extremely stealthy and fast, it has a level of operating automation that allows a limited number of crew, which reduces its operating costs significantly. Its combat edge is highlighted with 6 weapon launching tubes, 18 weapons (torpedoes, missiles, mines).

With 14 submarines sold internationally by Naval Group, the Scorpene- class is an essential reference product in the area of conventional attack submarines (SSK) for navies across the globe. The product is easily adapted for improvements requested by any naval customers. The progressive improvement through dedicated and experienced designers of Naval Group ensures this seamless advances and modern technology integrations.