Anjadip and Sanshodhak
- June 14, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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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.