Mahendragiri

01 May

Boost to Naval firepower as sixth Project 17A ship ‘Mahendragiri’ delivered

Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) Mahendragiri, the sixth ship of Nilgiri-class (Project 17A), was delivered to the Indian Navy on Mumbai, marking a significant milestone in achieving self-reliance in warship design and construction, an official said on Friday. Project 17A frigates are versatile multi-mission platforms designed to address current and emerging challenges in the maritime domain. Project 17A (P17A) of the Indian Navy consists seven advanced stealth guided-missile frigates. The seven ships, known as the Nilgiri-class, are: INS Nilgiri, INS Himgiri, INS Udaygiri, INS Taragiri, INS Vindhyagiri, INS Mahendragiri, and a seventh unnamed ship. The state-of-the-art frigate Mahendragiri reflects a quantum…

29 Aug

VP Dhankhar to launch MDL’s P-17A stealth frigate ‘Mahendragiri’ on Friday

Mumbai, Aug 29, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar will launch the fourth Stealth Frigate of Project-17 Alpha, ‘Mahendragiri’ being built by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) on Sep. 1 in Mumbai, an official said here on Tuesday. The fourth and final ship of the Nilgiri Class being constructed by the MDL, the ‘Mahendragiri’ has been designed by the Indian Navy’s Bureau of Naval Design and shall be fitted with advanced state-of-the-art weapons, sensors, communication facilities and other systems. The first ship in the P-17A ‘Nilgiri’ was launched in Sep. 2019 and is expected to go for sea trials around mid-2024, the…