Destroyer delivered

Y 12705 (Mormugao), the second ship of Project 15B stealth guided missile destroyers being built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd, in Mumbai, was delivered to the Indian Navy on Thursday, defence officials said.

The ship is 163m long and 17m wide, displaces 7 400 tons when fully loaded and has a maximum speed of 30 knots.

The destroyer is also installed with major indigenous weapons.

The Indian Navy said that the ship sailed out for her maiden sea sortie on December 19 last year to coincide with the Goa Liberation Day and has now been delivered.

The project’s lead ship, INS Visakhapatnam, was commissioned into the Indian Navy on November 21 last year.

A Defence Ministry official said the four ships were named after major cities from all four corners of India: Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal and Surat. |