Indian Navy to Commission INS Arnala

Key Points

• 1INS Arnala will be commissioned at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam on June 18, 2025.
• 2Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan will preside over the commissioning ceremony.
• 3INS Arnala is the first of 16 ASW-SWC vessels and was delivered to the Navy on the 8th of last month.
• 4It is designed and constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata, in collaboration with L&T Shipbuilders.
• 5The vessel has over 80 per cent indigenous content and measures 77.6 meters in length.