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08/06/22 08:00 AM IST

INS Satpura

In News 
  • Towards enhancing military cooperation with the navies of friendly foreign countries, Indian Naval Ship Satpura on a deployment to the South China Sea (SCS) and West Pacific, visited Manila recently.
INS Satpura 
  • INS Satpura is an indigenously designed and built 6000 tonnes guided missile stealth frigate equipped to seek and destroy adversaries in air, surface and undersea.
  • The ship is a part of the Eastern Fleet based at Visakhapatnam.
  • INS Satpura (F48) is a Shivalik-class stealth multi-role frigate built for the Indian Navy.
  • INS Satpura was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) in Mumbai.
  • The keel was laid on 31 October 2002 and was launched on 4 June 2004.
Source- PIB 

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