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The Delhi-class destroyers are guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. Three ships of this class are in active service. The Delhi-class vessels were the largest vessels to be built in India at the time of their commissioning. The ships were built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) at a cost of ₹750 crore each.
![INS <i>Delhi</i> (D61) Indian warship](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/INS_Delhi-1.JPG/320px-INS_Delhi-1.JPG)
INS Delhi is the lead ship of her class of guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai and commissioned on 15 November 1997. This class is among the largest warships to be designed and built in India.
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The "Kolkata class" (Project 15A) are a class of stealth guided-missile destroyers constructed for the Indian Navy. The class comprises three ships – Kolkata, Kochi and Chennai, all of which were built by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in India, and are the largest destroyers to be operated by the Indian Navy. Due to delays in construction and sea trials, the initial commissioning date of the first ship of the class was pushed back from 2010 to 2014.
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A stealth ship is a ship that employs stealth technology construction techniques in an effort to make it harder to detect by one or more of radar, visual, sonar, and infrared methods.
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Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), formerly called Mazagon Dock Limited, is a shipyard situated in Mazagaon, Mumbai. It manufactures warships and submarines for the Indian Navy and offshore platforms and associated support vessels for offshore oil drilling. It also builds tankers, cargo bulk carriers, passenger ships and ferries.
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The Shivalik class or Project 17 class is a class of multi-role frigates in service with the Indian Navy. They are the first warships designed with low observability features built in India. They were designed to have better stealth features and land-attack capabilities than the preceding Talwar-class frigates. A total of three ships were built between 2000 and 2010, and all three were in commission by 2012.
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INS Shivalik (F47) is the lead ship of her class of stealth multi-role frigates built for the Indian Navy. She is the first stealth warship built by India. She was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) located in Mumbai. Construction of the vessel began in 2001 and was completed by 2009. She underwent sea trials from thereon before being commissioned on 29 April 2010.
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The Nilgiri-class frigates, formally classified as the Project-17 Alpha frigates (P-17A), are a series of stealth guided-missile frigates currently being built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), for the Indian Navy. The seventh and final ship of the Project 17A frigates, named Mahendragiri, was launched on 1 September 2023 at the Mazagon Dock by Dr Sudesh Dhankhar, wife of Indian vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar. It is expected to be commissioned in 2024.
![INS <i>Kochi</i> Indian Kolkata-class stealth guided-missile destroyer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Commissioning_of_INS_Kochi_%2806%29.jpg/320px-Commissioning_of_INS_Kochi_%2806%29.jpg)
INS Kochi (D64) is the second ship of the Kolkata-class stealth guided-missile destroyers built under the code name Project 15A for the Indian Navy. She was constructed by Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai. After undergoing extensive sea trials, she was commissioned to Indian Navy service on 30 September 2015.
![INS <i>Chennai</i> (D65) Third Kolkata class Stealth guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/INS_Chennai_%28D65%29_during_an_exercise_in_the_Indian_Ocean_%28cropped%29.jpg/320px-INS_Chennai_%28D65%29_during_an_exercise_in_the_Indian_Ocean_%28cropped%29.jpg)
INS Chennai (D65) is the third and last ship of the Kolkata-class stealth guided missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She was constructed by the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) at Mumbai. On 17 April 2017, INS Chennai was dedicated to the city of Chennai in presence of then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, K. Palaniswamy.
![INS <i>Kadmatt</i> (P29) Anti-submarine corvette in the Indian Navy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/INS_Kadmatt_of_Indian_Navy_at_Langkawi%2C_Malaysia_to_Participate_in_LIMA-19.jpg/320px-INS_Kadmatt_of_Indian_Navy_at_Langkawi%2C_Malaysia_to_Participate_in_LIMA-19.jpg)
INS Kadmatt (P29) is the second of four anti-submarine warfare corvettes built for the Indian Navy by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, of Kolkata, under Project 28. She was inducted into the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.
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The Indian Navy has been focusing on developing indigenous platforms, systems, sensors and weapons as part of the nation's modernisation and expansion of its maritime forces. As of November 2023, the Indian Navy has 67 vessels of various types under construction including destroyers, frigates, corvettes, conventional-powered and nuclear-powered submarines and various other ships. It plans to build up to a total of 200 vessels and 500 aircraft by 2050. According to the Chief of the Naval Staff's statement in December 2020, India has transformed from a buyer's navy to a builder's navy.
![INS <i>Visakhapatnam</i> (D66) Lead ship of the Visakhapatnam-class of stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Visakhapatnam_%28D66%29_-_P15B_destroyer_of_Indian_Navy.jpg/320px-Visakhapatnam_%28D66%29_-_P15B_destroyer_of_Indian_Navy.jpg)
INS Visakhapatnam is the lead ship and the first of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. The ship, commissioned on 21 November 2021, is one of the largest destroyers in service with the Indian Navy.
![INS <i>Kavaratti</i> (P31) Indian Navy anti-submarine warfare corvette](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/INS_Kavaratti_during_sea_trials.jpg/320px-INS_Kavaratti_during_sea_trials.jpg)
INS Kavaratti (P31) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the last of four Kamorta-class corvettes. The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, and launched on 19 May 2015. Kavaratti represents a leap forward in the Navy's attempts at indigenisation with as much as 90% of its content drawn from India itself. It was commissioned into the Navy on 22 October 2020 in Visakhapatnam.
![INS <i>Mormugao</i> (D67) Indian naval vessel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Mormugao_-_Y12705%2C_second_ship_of_Project_15B_stealth_guided_missile_destroyer.jpg/320px-Mormugao_-_Y12705%2C_second_ship_of_Project_15B_stealth_guided_missile_destroyer.jpg)
INS Mormugao is the second ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She was built at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), and was launched on 17 September 2016. The ship was commissioned on 18 December 2022. She is named after the port city of Mormugao in Goa.
![INS <i>Imphal</i> (D68) Indian Naval destroyer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/INS_Imphal.jpg/320px-INS_Imphal.jpg)
INS Imphal is the third ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyer of the Indian Navy. She was being constructed at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) and has been launched on 20 April 2019. The ship started sea trials on 28 April 2023, and was delivered to the Indian Navy on 20 October 2023. It was commissioned on 26 December 2023.
INS Surat is the fourth and last ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy.