IN PHOTOS: Indian Navy commissions stealth-guided missile destroyer INS Imphal

Stealth guided missile destroyer Imphal, which has an ability to fire extended range supersonic BrahMos missile, was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Mumbai on Tuesday. Pics/PTI

Updated On: 2023-12-26 04:57 PM IST

Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed

Officials at the Indian Navy’s newly-commissioned Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer Imphal, at Naval Dockyard, in Mumbai. Pics/PTI

The event that marked the formal induction into the Navy of the third of four 'Visakhapatnam' class destroyers

It is indigenously designed by the navy's in-house organisation, Warship Design Bureau and constructed by defence PSU Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai

INS Imphal is the first warship to have been named after a city from the northeast, said Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Naval Command

INS Imphal was delivered to the Indian Navy on October 20 after completing a rigorous and comprehensive trial programme both in the harbour and at sea

The ship measures 163m in length, 17m in breadth with a displacement of 7,400 tonnes and is amongst the most potent warships built in India. It is propelled by four powerful Gas Turbines, in a Combined Gas and Gas configuration, and is capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots

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