INS Mormugao

December 16, 2022

INS Mormugao is set to be commissioned by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the eve of the Goa Liberation Day 2022.

What is INS Mormugao?

INS Mormugao is the second ship of the Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided missile destroyers of the Indian Navy.
Named after the port city in Goa, this stealth destroyer is 163 metres long and 17 metres wide, with a displacement of 7.400 tonnes and a maximum speed of up to 30 knots (around 55 km per hour).
The vessel is made of 75 per cent of indigenous content, and fitted with a myriad of indigenous equipment and major indigenous weapons.
It is the second ship built under Project 15B, which has an overall cost of Rs.35,800 crore.
The ship is armed with several indigenous weapons like medium-range surface-to-air missiles, BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles having range between 290 km to 450 km.
It is also equipped with indigenous torpedo tube launchers (Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai), anti-submarine indigenous rocket launchers (Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai) and 76mm super rapid gun mount (BHEL, Haridwar) in addition to various gun systems having wide-range sensors.
The stealth destroyer will be capable of operating two multiple-role helicopters, which are armed with various state-of-the-art weapons and sensors like multi-functional surveillance radars and vertically launched missile system for long distance engagement of shore, sea-based and air targets.

What is Project 15B?

The purpose of the Indian Navy’s Project 15B is to develop stealth destroyers having maximised indigenous inputs. A total of four ships are being developed under this project. They are all designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organized, Warship Design Bureau. They are built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd in Mumbai. They will be commissioned in Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal and Surat. The project’s first vessel – INS Visakhapatnam – was commissioned into the Indian Navy in November 2021. It is the lead ship and the first of the Indian Navy’s Visakhapatnam-class stealth guided-missile destroyers.

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