Anjadip and Sanshodhak

Anjadip and Sanshodhak

Subject : Science and technology

Section: Defence

Concept :

• Two warships Anjadip and Sanshodak were launched recently.

Anjadip:

• ‘Anjadip’ is the 3rd of eight ships of Shallow Water Craft (SWC) Project
• The ship has been named Anjadip to signify the strategic maritime importance accorded to the island of Anjadip, located off Karwar, Karnataka.
• The island is connected to the mainland by a breakwater and is part of INS Kadamba.
• The ‘Arnala’ class of ships would replace the current ‘Abhay’ class of Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes of the Navy.
• These are designed to undertake anti-submarine operations in coastal waters, low intensity maritime operations, subsurface surveillance among others.
• The ships would have 80 per cent indigenisation.

Sanshodhak:

• A warship ‘Sanshodhak’, – the fourth Survey Vessel Large (SVL) – of Indian Navy, was launched recently.
• The ship named ‘Sanshodhak’, meaning ‘Researcher’, signifies the primary role of the ship as a Survey Vessel.
• SVL ships will replace the existing Sandhayak Class survey ships, with new generation hydrographic equipment, to collect oceanographic data.
• With a capability to carry four Survey Motor Boats and an integral helicopter, the primary role of the ships would be to undertake full scale coastal and deep-water hydrographic surveys of ports and navigational channels.
• The ships would also be deployed for collecting oceanographic and geophysical data for defence as well as civil applications.
• The SVL will have over 80 per cent indigenous content.