New Delhi: The Indian Navy on Tuesday received the fifth scorpene-class submarine Vagir ahead of its planned commissioning next month.

“The fifth submarine of the Project – 75, Kalvari Class submarines, Yard 11879 was delivered to the Indian Navy today, 20 Dec 22,” the Ministry of Defence said.

“Project – 75 includes indigenous construction of six submarines of Scorpene design. These submarines are being constructed at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai, under collaboration with Naval Group, France,” it added.

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The 5th submarine of Project–75 #Vagir, delivered to #IndianNavy on #20Dec 22.
Built indigenously at @MazagonDockLtd Mumbai, delivery of 3 submarines within a span of 2 years is testimony to the impetus given to #AatmaNirbharBharat.@SpokespersonMoD @DefenceMinIndia@makeinindia pic.twitter.com/EMC7CMmip6

— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) December 20, 2022

Launched on November 12, 2020, ‘Vagir’ commenced the sea trials on February 1, 2022, and has completed all major trials including the weapon and sensor trials in the shortest time in comparison to the earlier submarines.

Submarine construction is an intricate activity as the difficulty is compounded when all equipment are required to be miniaturised and are subject to stringent quality requirements.

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“Construction of these submarines in an Indian yard is another step towards ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ and enhances self-confidence in this field, a notable achievement is that this is the third submarine delivered to the Indian Navy in a span of 24 months,” the ministry said.

“The submarine would shortly be commissioned into the Indian Navy and enhance the Indian Navy’s capability,” it added.

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