Goa Shipyard Limited touches 200 mark, largest NOPV handed over to Navy

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The Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) on Tuesday joined the elite class with the delivery of the 200{+t}{+h} vessel. The delivery of the 200{+t}{+h} vessel for the nation, synchronized with the handing over of the third of the new 105 m naval offshore patrol vessel (NOPV), to be named 'INS Sumedha', to the Indian Navy on Tuesday. The NOPV is indigenously designed in-house and built by GSL.

The 200th vessel was handed over by GSL' chairman and managing director RAdm (Retd) Vineet Bakhshi, VSM, to Cdr Anand E Kulkarni, commanding officer designate of INS Sumedha, in the presence of RAdm Atul Khanna, VSM CSO(Tech) Eastern Naval Command. Anand Golwalkar chief general manager, Sunil Ghodgaonkar - chief general manager, GSL, Capt Anish M J Nair, WPS, and other officials of Indian Navy and GSL were also present.

The vessel is the largest offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Navy and the largest constructed by GSL.

It may be recalled that four NOPVs were contracted to GSL. The first and second of the series of new 105 meter class of NOPV, INS Saryu and INS Sunayana, were earlier handed over to the Indian Navy by GSL on December 21, 2012, and September 2, 2013.

Goa Shipyard Limited touches 200 mark, largest NOPV handed over to Navy - Times Of India