Commencement of Production of Third Ship of Project - 17A

Mumbai: VAdm A K Saxena, CWP&A, inaugurated the commencement of Production activity of the third ship of P-17A (Y-12653) stealth class frigate on 31st Jan 2019 in the P&A Shop, South Yard in the presence of Cmde Rakesh Anand, Chairman and Managing Director, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, all Directors and other Senior Officials from MDL and Indian Navy. The P17A class frigates are follow-on warships of the Shivalik class. Seven frigates in this series will be constructed of which four will be constructed in MDL and three in GRSE with MDL as the lead yard.

Construction of P17A ships differs in the very concept of frontline warship building by way of adoption of the modern technology of ‘Integrated Construction (IC) methodology’ where the blocks are pre-outfitted with pipes, fittings etc to reduce the build period of warships.

The P17A class frigates will have enhanced stealth features. These ships are being built using indigenously developed steel and fitted with the state-of-the-art weapon and sensor systems along with advanced Integrated Platform Management System.