India’s home built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette - INS Kamorta was handed over to the Indian Navy by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers GRSE in Kolkata Saturday. The P28 Kamorta will join the navy’s Vizag based eastern fleet after it is commissioned on August 23.

The INS Kamorta is the first of four ASW corvettes built by the GRSE for INR 7852.39 crore. The ships have been designed by the navy. Each is described as a super sophisticated frontline warship with 90% indigenous content.

The basic design for Project 28 was specified by the Indian Navy's Directorate of Naval Design, with the detailed design by GRSE. The design includes many stealth features, including reductions in noise and vibration of the vessels. Displacing around 3,400 tonnes and a length of around 110 meters, these vessels will have a very high percentage of Indian made equipment - either designed indigenuously or built under license through technology transfer agreements. All of them will be built using DMR249A. This was a great achievement for the country.

India shed her dependency on imported high-grade steel to build warships. DMR249A, or the steel made at Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur and further strengthened at the Bhilai Steel Plant, was used to build the anti-submarine warfare corvette. Even the hull of the INS Vikrant, India's indigenous aircraft carrier that is under construction, has been built with this steel.

SAIL has developed this steel making India no longer dependent on imports