INS Karanj

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INS Karanj – third Kalvari class Submarine commissioned at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai

Major milestone for Indian Navy’s Project 75 as India achieves Aatma Nirbharta with indigenous submarine construction at Mazagon Dock

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INS Karanj (2018) is the third submarine of the first batch of six Kalvari-class submarines for the Indian Navy.
It is a diesel-electric attack submarine based on the Scorpène class,
Designed by French naval defence and energy group DCNS and manufactured by Mazagon Dock Limited, an Indian shipyard in Mumbai.
The ship was launched on 31 January 2018.
The submarine was delivered to Indian Navy on 15 February 2021.
The ship was commissioned on 10 March 2021 in Mumbai in presence of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh and Admiral (Retired) VS Shekhawat

It is a programme by the Indian Navy that entails building six Scorpene-Class attack submarines.
The programme has been undertaken with transfer of technology from French company Naval Group (formerly known as DCNS) at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL).
The submarines in the P75 Scorpene-Class are powered by the conventional diesel-electric propulsion system.
The first Scorpene submarine, Kalvari, was commissioned in 2017 and it would go for a normal refit after six years in 2023, during which time the Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) would be installed.
- AIP technology is being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to provide submarines long-range and extended endurance capabilities undersea.
Second Scorpene Khanderi was inducted in September 2019.
The remaining submarines (Vela, Vagir, and Vagsheer) in the series are in advanced stages of manufacturing and trials.