Indian Navy Receives Indigenously Built Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft 'Amini' from GRSE

Key facts

• The Indian Navy received 'Amini', an Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) indigenously designed and built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, on 05 November 2026.
• The ASW SWCs were designed and constructed by GRSE Kolkata in accordance with the Classification Rules of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS).
• These ships are among the largest Indian Naval warships propelled by waterjets and are equipped with Lightweight Torpedoes, Indigenous Rocket Launchers and Sonars for detecting and engaging underwater threats.
• Amini is named after Amini Island in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep and is a reincarnation of the erstwhile INS Amini, a Petya III Class Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette decommissioned in 2002.
• The ship has over 80 percent Indigenous Content and will strengthen the Navy's Anti-Submarine, coastal surveillance and mine laying capabilities, in line with the Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision.