GRSE launches Ajay, last of eight ASW Shallow Water Craft
On 21 July 2025 at GRSE, Kolkata, Ajay (Yard 3034), the eighth and last Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft built by GRSE, was launched.
Summary
Ajay (Yard 3034), the eighth and last Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) designed and built in India by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), was launched at GRSE, Kolkata, on 21 July 2025 in the presence of VAdm Kiran Deshmukh, Chief of Materiel. The first ship of the class, Arnala, was commissioned on 18 June 2025, and delivery of the second ship was planned for August 2025. The craft carries a hull-mounted sonar and Low Frequency Variable Depth Sonar, torpedoes, anti-submarine rockets, an NSG-30 gun and a 12.7 mm SRCG, and is powered by diesel engines with waterjet propulsion. Indigenous content is over 80 percent.
Key facts
- Launched
- 21 July 2025, GRSE Kolkata
- Ship
- Ajay (Yard 3034), 8th and last ASW SWC
- First of class
- Arnala, commissioned 18 June 2025
- Propulsion
- Diesel engines, waterjets
- Indigenous content
- Over 80%
- Roles
- Anti-submarine warfare, underwater domain awareness, mine laying
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Ajay (Yard 3034), launched at GRSE Kolkata on 21 July 2025, is which ship of the GRSE-built ASW Shallow Water Craft project?
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Correct answer: D — Eighth and last
PIB (MoD): Ajay is the eighth and last ship of the ASW SWC project built by GRSE.
Which ship, the first of the ASW Shallow Water Craft class, was commissioned on 18 June 2025?
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Correct answer: A — Arnala
PIB (MoD): the first ship of the class, Arnala, was commissioned on 18 June 2025.
Consider the following statements about the ship Ajay launched in July 2025: 1. Its indigenous content is over 80 percent. 2. It is propelled by gas turbines driving conventional propellers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
PIB: indigenous content is over 80%, so 1 is correct; the ship is powered by diesel engines and propelled by waterjets, so 2 is wrong.