{"id":95706,"date":"2026-03-31T14:35:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=95706"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:06:05","slug":"agray-anti-submarine-warfare-shallow-water-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/agray-anti-submarine-warfare-shallow-water-craft\/","title":{"rendered":"Agray- Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Agray- Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Agray &#8211; anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft was delivered to the Indian Navy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Agray- Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the fourth of eight <\/span><b>Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is indigenously designed and built by <\/span><b>Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (GRSE), Kolkata.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a reincarnation of the erstwhile INS Agray, the fourth of the 1241 PE Class of Patrol Vessels, decommissioned in 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ASW SWCs have been designed and constructed by GRSE in compliance with the classification standards of the <\/span><b>Indian Register of Shipping<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (IRS).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Agray- Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Propulsion:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Waterjet propulsion\u2014the largest Indian naval warships to use this technology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Armaments<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the largest <\/span><b>Indian Naval warship propelled by waterjets.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is equipped with state-of-the-art Lightweight Torpedoes, Indigenous Rocket Launchers and shallow water SONAR, enabling effective detection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sensors:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Advanced shallow water SONAR systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The induction of the ship will further augment the Indian Navy\u2019s anti-submarine and mine-warfare capabilities, as well as coastal surveillance.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2247087&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agray- Anti submarine warfare shallow water craft is indigenously designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), 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