Navy commissions INS Anjadip

• The Indian Navy commissioned INS Anjadip, the third ship of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) project. 

• The commissioning ceremony was presided over by Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff, at Chennai Port on February 27.

ASW Shallow Water Craft (SWC) Project

• The contract for building eight ASW SWC ships was signed between the  Defence Ministry and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata on April 29, 2019.

• Arnala, the first ship of the class, was commissioned on June 18, 2025.

• Androth was commissioned on October 6, 2025.

• Anjadip, Amini, Abhay, Agray, Akshay and Ajay are the other ASW SWC ships from GRSE.

• Arnala class of ships will replace the in-service Abhay class ASW Corvettes of the Indian Navy and are designed to undertake anti-submarine operations in coastal waters, Low Intensity Maritime Operations (LIMO) and Mine Laying operations including subsurface surveillance in littoral waters.

• The ASW SWC ships are 77.6 m long, have a displacement of 900 tonnes with a maximum speed of 25 knots.

• The ASW SWC ships will have over 80 per cent indigenous content, thereby ensuring that large scale defence production is executed by Indian manufacturing units, generating employment and capability enhancement within the country.

• Anjadip, Amini, Abhay, Agray, Androth, Akshay are the other ASW SWC ships from GRSE.

Why is it named INS Anjadip?

• The ship is a reincarnation of the erstwhile INS Anjadip, a Petya class Corvette decommissioned in 2003.

• INS Anjadip is named after the island off the coast of Karwar in north Karnataka in the Arabian Sea.

• The island stood witness to decisive action by the Indian Navy in December 1961 as part of Operation Chutney that culminated in the liberation of Goa. 

Dolphin Hunter

• INS Anjadip is a state-of-the-art vessel specifically designed to address the challenges of the littoral combat environment — the coastal and shallow waters.

• The vessel is engineered to act as a ‘Dolphin Hunter’, focused on the detection, tracking, and neutralisation of enemy submarines in coastal areas. 

• Besides the anti-submarine warfare role, the warship is also equipped to take up coastal surveillance, low-intensity maritime operations and search and rescue operations.

• The 77 meter-long ship features a high-speed water-jet propulsion system, enabling it to achieve a top speed of 25 knots for rapid response and sustained operations.

• The induction of Anjadip significantly bolsters the Navy’s capacity to safeguard India’s vast maritime interests and coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.