Cochin Shipyard delivers INS Mangrol to Indian Navy
The vessel is named after the coastal township of Mangrol in Gujarat
The third anti-submarine warfare shallow watercraft, INS Mangrol, was handed over to the Indian Navy on Friday. This vessel, designed and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, is the latest in a series of eight craft made indigenously. Harikrishnan S., Director of Operations at CSL, and Commander U. Sharan Kumar, the designated Commanding Officer of INS Mangrol, signed the delivery protocol.
Named after the coastal town of Mangrol in Gujarat, INS Mangrol is equipped with advanced systems such as lightweight torpedoes, indigenous ASW rockets, and improved shallow-water sonars.
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