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Delivery of First Scorpene Submarine by MDL
Mumbai: History was written at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL), on 21 September 2017, with the delivery of the first Scorpene submarine, Kalvari, to the Indian Navy. Post delivery, the submarine would soon be commissioned into the Indian Navy. This historic event reaffirms the giant strides taken by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd in the ongoing ‘Make In India’
The contract for the construction and Transfer-of-Technology for six Scorpene submarines in series, with M/s DCNS of France as ‘Collaborator’ and MDL as ‘Builder’, was signed in Oct 2005.
Kalvari is named after the dreaded Tiger Shark, a deadly deep sea predator of the Indian Ocean. As is the tradition, ships and submarines of the Navy, are re-incarnated after decommissioning. So it is with Kalvari.
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