TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ India’s second Kalvari-class Submarine INS ‘Khanderi’ was on Saturday commissioned into the Indian Navy in a ceremony held at the Mazagon Docks in Mumbai.Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who was present during the event, commissioned the submarine into the Indian Navy.
“The name Khanderi is inspired by the dreaded ‘Sword Tooth Fish,’ a deadly fish known to hunt whilst swimming close to the bottom of the ocean. Khanderi is also the name of an island fort constructed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He was one of the few medieval rulers in the country who understood the significance of Naval supremacy,” Singh said at the event.
The defence minister in his speech also said that he would stay on board the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya for a day and night on Saturday. Khanderi is the second of the Navy’s six Kalvari-class submarines built in India. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine which is designed by French naval defence and energy company DCNS which is being manufactured at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai.
