India Navy Corvettes

[Gessler]

Here's our first look at the completed INS Arnala, the first of 16 ASW shallow water craft (8 are of a different design). Commissioning will be on 18th June.

78 meters long, displacing around 1400 T.

 

[Nilgiri]

The Indian Navy will launch ‘Ajay,’ the final Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) built by GRSE, on July 21 in Kolkata—completing GRSE’s commitment under a ₹13,500 crore project for 16 vessels.

These indigenously designed ships replace ageing Abhay-class corvettes and bolster coastal defence amid rising submarine threats from China and Pakistan. Tailored for close-range ASW missions, each vessel can operate in depths of 30–40 meters and reach speeds of 25 knots with 3,300 km endurance.

Armed with sonar, torpedoes, and rocket launchers, they ensure safe passage for larger warships, reflecting India’s push for self-reliance under ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat.’

 

[Nilgiri]

With China on one side, home to the world’s largest navy with dozens of submarines, and Pakistan expanding its own submarine fleet, India is ramping up its anti-submarine warfare capabilities.

As part of this effort, the Indian Navy has commissioned its next-generation anti-submarine warfare ship, INS Arnala. This is the first vessel under a major defence programme worth over ₹12,500 crore (1.5 billion USD), which will see 15 more warships built at Indian shipyards.

The BBC’s Jugal Purohit and Midhat Ullah Hasani were granted rare access to the ship at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam, on India’s east coast, where they spoke with members of its crew.

 

[Nilgiri]

INS Androth:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1966783567620718838

GRSE delivers second anti-submarine warfare shallow watercraft to Indian Navy

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd delivered Androth, the second anti-submarine warfare shallow watercraft, to the Indian Navy. This delivery, following the first ship Arnala, strengthens India's maritime security. Androth features an indigenous 30 mm naval surface gun and is...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1992834314258804960

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2025867605613887603

 

[Gessler]

This could possibly be the design of the Next-Generation Corvette or NGC (snap from the Navy's official INS Surat video which included a look at the Warship Design Bureau offices):

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Flush fore deck, enclosed RHIB/multi-mission bay, MFSTAR radar mast. Source image is too bright to make out any other details definitively.

Seems to be a 16-cell VLS up front (maybe Barak-8). The radar arrays seems to be horizontally spread like on Israel's Sa'ar-class corvettes unlike the Indian DDG/FFG setup which has a 'full' circle:

On Kolkata-class:

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Alternatively, it's possible that this isn't MFSTAR at all - but rather the BEL-developed MFR-X (which also equips the NGMV ships) in a MFSTAR-like mast. In that case, the 2 x 8-cell VLS up front could be VL-SRSAM instead.

I think there could be box-launcher based SSMs (NASM-MR or BrahMos-NG) amidships behind the mast but it's hard to see. Same for the possibility of a second set of 16 x VLS amidships. Though the latter is unlikely.

Either way, the 8-ship NGC class would be powered by gas turbines (possibly MT-30 with IEP) and some previous estimates placed the likely displacement somewhere between 3,500 and 5,000 tons.

Somebody on Twitter prompted AI to create renders of the NGC using that WDB image as a reference:

Oh and btw, I'm hearing that these ships won't be powered by a gas turbine but by diesel engines in a CODAD config. Possibly by the indigenous 6 MW diesel.

 

[dronie]

Somebody on Twitter prompted AI to create renders of the NGC using that WDB image as a reference:

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Oh and btw, I'm hearing that these ships won't be powered by a gas turbine but by diesel engines in a CODAD config. Possibly by the indigenous 6 MW diesel.

These corvettes are gonna give tughril class a run for their money.

 

[Gessler]

Steel cutting of the 2nd Next-Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV) at CSL, Kochi:

Some people put AI to use, giving a clearer look at the ship on the poster in 1st pic:

Displacing around ~1500 tons, the NGMV pretty much seems to be an enlarged ASW-SWC hull design, but powered by a single GE LM2500 gas turbine instead of diesels for higher performance. Total 6 ships on order in this batch. Perhaps more later to replace the 13 Veer-class (Soviet Tarantul/1241 Molniya class) missile corvettes hull-for-hull.

With off-board targeting & CEC, these can be very handy platforms for long-range anti-surface warfare with the 4 x 800-km BrahMos on inclined launchers.

Main radar is the indigenous BEL MFR-X AESA. I think the anti-air component is a 16-cell VLSRSAM pack located between the two inclined SSM launchers, besides one or two mounted VSHORADS launchers.