NEW DELHI – In a Big boost for Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean the IndianNavy gets the state of the art Scorpene submarine.
India’s Scorpene submarine Khanderi was handed over to the Navy by MazagonDock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai on Thursday. Khanderi, aKalvari-class diesel-electric attack submarine, will be commissioned intothe Indian Navy by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on September 28, 2019,Zee News has reported.
Commodore (retired) Rakesh Anand, the Chairman & Managing Director ofMazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, signed and handed over Khanderi’sacceptance document to Indian Navy Rear Admiral B Sivakumar, Chief of StaffOfficer (Technical), Western Naval Command.
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Designed by French company Naval Group (earlier known as DCNS), Khanderihas been named after the wide-snouted Sawfish, a deadly predator of theIndian Ocean, and will become the 17th submarine of the Indian Navy afterit is commissioned. Manned by a crew of eight officers and 35 sailors,Khanderi can stay out in the sea for 50 days.
