This is the second Indian built warships commissioned by India this month.
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Built by one of India’s four state-owned warship builders, the delivery of Kamorta -- named after an Indian island that was a convict settlement in the 1800s -- has been delayed by two years. About 90 percent of its components are local, with the hull developed by Steel Authority of India Ltd., medium-range guns by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) and torpedo launchers by the nation’s largest engineering company Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (LT)
“Kamorta is the first of the 78.5 billion rupee ($1.3 billion) four-warship project that began in 2008,” said Commodore B.B. Nagpal, the navy’s principal director for naval design. “It was to be delivered in October 2012” and was delayed because vendors didn’t acquire materials on time, he said.
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India to Unveil Warship to Deter Chinese Submarines Near Coast - Bloomberg
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Built by one of India’s four state-owned warship builders, the delivery of Kamorta -- named after an Indian island that was a convict settlement in the 1800s -- has been delayed by two years. About 90 percent of its components are local, with the hull developed by Steel Authority of India Ltd., medium-range guns by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) and torpedo launchers by the nation’s largest engineering company Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (LT)
“Kamorta is the first of the 78.5 billion rupee ($1.3 billion) four-warship project that began in 2008,” said Commodore B.B. Nagpal, the navy’s principal director for naval design. “It was to be delivered in October 2012” and was delayed because vendors didn’t acquire materials on time, he said.
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India to Unveil Warship to Deter Chinese Submarines Near Coast - Bloomberg