The Navy will commission another state-of-the-art the next-generation warship capable of detecting enemy submarines in shallow waters.

Named Mahe, the warship will be commissioned at the Naval dockyard at Mumbai on November 24. Classified as Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), this will be the third warship of its class to be commissioned. The first ship of the class called INS Arnala was commissioned in June this year, this was followed by INS Androth in October.

Built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Kochi, Mahe represents India’s self-reliance initiative in naval ship design and construction. It is named after the historic coastal town of Mahe on the Malabar Coast. The Navy is getting 16 such ships made at cost of nearly Rs 13,000 crore. Public Sector shipyards -- C

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