Kolkata:Adding to Indian Navy's firepower, Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) is set to deliver anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS Kavaratti to the Navy soon, its Chairman-cum-Managing Director Rear Admiral V K Saxena said. 'Kavaratti' is the last of the four Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes built by the GRSE for the Indian Navy under Project P28, he said.
"All trials of the ship have been successfully completed, and we plan to deliver it by the end of this month," Saxena said. 'Kavaratti' will be the 104th ship to be constructed and delivered by the GRSE, he said.
With a displacement of 3,300 tonnes, the ship has a carbon composite superstructure, which has been flawlessly integrated with the steel hull through technology developed by the GRSE. "The carbon composite superstructure provides the advantage of the lower weight of the warship, thus increasing its stability, manoeuvrability and faster acceleration," Saxena said.
The new technology will mean that the warship, which has 90 per cent indigenous components, will also require lower maintenance, he said. The ship is equipped to fight in nuclear, chemical and biological warfare conditions and its weapons and sensors suite is predominantly indigenous, according to Defence sources quoted by news agencies.