April 21 , 2019
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- The Indian Navy launched guided missile destroyer Imphal at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders in Mumbai.
- It is the first warship to be christened after a city in the north-east.
- Imphal is the third ship after Visakhapatnam and Mormugao to be launched under a ‘Project-15B’.
- It has been designed indigenously by the Navy's Directorate of Naval Design and is built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders.
- The naming tradition of Indian Naval ships
Type of Ship
|
Named After
|
Example
|
Destroyers |
State Capital or Big City |
INS Delhi, INS Chennai |
Smaller Frigates |
Mountain ranges, Rivers or Weapons |
INS Shivalik, INS Trishul |
Corvettes |
Small personal weapons |
INS Kirpan, INS Khanjar |
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