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{{Short description|ASW-SWC class corvette of the Indian Navy}}{{Use Indian English|date=May 2026}}
{{italic title|string=Mangrol}}{{other ships|INS Mangrol}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}}
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| image = INS Mahe (P80) an ASWSWC class corvette at sea (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = ''Mahe'' (P80), an ASW-SWC class corvette at sea.
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|section2={{Infobox ship/career
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| country = [[India]]
| flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
| name = INS ''Mangrol''
| namesake = [[Mangrol, Gujarat]]
| owner = [[Indian Navy]]
| operator = [[Indian Navy]]
| registry =
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| ordered = 30 April 2019
| awarded =
| builder = [[Cochin Shipyard]]
| original_cost = {{INRConvert|789|c|0}} (FY2020)
| yard_number = 524
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| laid_down = 21 February 2023
| launched = 30 November 2023
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| status = Launched
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|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics
| type = [[Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft]]
| displacement = {{cvt|896-1100|t|LT}}<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=16 October 2025|title=Cochin Shipyard to launch three advanced vessels|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cochin-shipyard-to-lauch-three-advanced-vessels/article70171688.ece|access-date=24 October 2025|work=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|first=|last=}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite press release |title=Delivery of ‘Mahe’ - first Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft built by CSL, Kochi |date=24 October 2025 |publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2182188 |access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref>
| length = {{cvt|78|m|ftin}}<ref name="indianpolitics.co.in">{{Cite web |last=Kurus |date=16 November 2018 |title=Details of Indian Anti-submarine Corvette For Coastal Waters {{!}} Indian Politics |url=https://www.indianpolitics.co.in/details-of-indian-anti-submarine-corvette-for-coastal-waters/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251101152824/https://www.indianpolitics.co.in/details-of-indian-anti-submarine-corvette-for-coastal-waters/ |archive-date=1 November 2025 |access-date=28 December 2025 |website=www.indianpolitics.co.in |language=en-US }}</ref>
| beam = {{cvt|11.26|m|ftin}}<ref name="indianpolitics.co.in" />
| draft = {{cvt|2.7|m|ftin}}<ref name="indianpolitics.co.in" />
| propulsion = [[Pump-jet|Water-jet propulsion]]<ref name="eurasiantimes.com">{{Cite web|url=https://eurasiantimes.com/touted-as-game-changer-what-are-indian-navys-anti-submarine-warfare-shallow-water-crafts/|title=Touted As 'Game-Changer', What Are Indian Navy's 'Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts'?|date=27 December 2021|website=Latest Asian, Middle-East, EurAsian, Indian News}}</ref>
| sail_plan =
| speed = {{convert|25|kn|lk=in}}
| range = {{cvt|1800|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=GRSE starts ASW-SWC corvette production in partnership with Larsen & Toubro |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/grse-starts-asw-swc-corvette-production-in-partnership-with-larsen-toubro |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613223542/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/grse-starts-asw-swc-corvette-production-in-partnership-with-larsen-toubro |archive-date=13 June 2023 |access-date=28 December 2025 |work=Janes.com |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
| endurance = 14 days
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| boats = 1 x [[Rigid inflatable boat|RHIB]]
| capacity =
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| complement =
| crew = 57
(7 officers + 50 sailors)
| time_to_activate =
| sensors = *'''Combat suite:'''
* ASW Combat Suite (presumably the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|DRDO]]-developed IAC MOD 'C' combat suite)<ref name="grse.in">{{Cite web|url=http://grse.in/eoi/EOI_ASW_SWC_R1.pdf|title=NIE No. GRSE/GMD/ASW-SWC/12/01 Expression of Interest (EOI) For Design of Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) for Indian Navy.|website=grse.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418202243/http://grse.in/eoi/EOI_ASW_SWC_R1.pdf |archive-date=18 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://grse.in/index.php/tender-archive|title=Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd.- Government of India Undertaking - Tender Archive|website=grse.in}}</ref>
*'''Sonar:'''
* [[DRDO]] Abhay Hull-Mounted Sonar (HMS)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eyes and Ears Underwater |url=https://forceindia.net/feature-report/eyes-ears-underwater/ |access-date=23 August 2024 |website=Force India |language=en-US |archive-date=23 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823153937/https://forceindia.net/feature-report/eyes-ears-underwater/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Low Frequency Variable Depth Sonar (LFVDS)<ref name="grse.in"/>
*'''Management systems:'''
* Fire Control System (FCS)
* Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS)<ref name="grse.in"/>
* Automatic Power Management System (APMS)<ref name="grse.in"/>
* Battle Damage Control System (BDCS)<ref name="grse.in"/>
| armament = *'''Anti-submarine warfare:'''
*1 × [[RBU-6000]] [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] rocket launcher<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitsopoulos |first=Dimitris |date=25 June 2025 |title=India Commissions Its First ASW-SWC Corvette |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/06/india-commissions-its-first-asw-swc-corvette/ |access-date=28 December 2025 |website=Naval News |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2 × triple lightweight [[torpedo]] launchers ([[Torpedo Advanced Light Shyena#Advanced Light-Weight Torpedo (ALWT)|Advanced Light-Weight Torpedo (ALWT)]])
*[[Anti-submarine weapon|Anti-submarine mines]] (launched from mine-laying rails)
*'''Guns:'''
* 1 × [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers#Naval Surface Gun (NSG) 30 mm|Naval Surface Gun (30 mm)]]
* 2 × [[Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli|OFT]] 12.7 mm M2 [[Remote controlled weapon station|Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun]]
| armour =
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| notes = Largest class of waterjet-powered vessels in the [[Indian Navy]].
}}
}}

'''INS ''Mangrol''''' is the third ship of the ''Mahe'' class of the [[Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft|Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Watercraft]] operated by the [[Indian Navy]].

== History ==

=== Background ===
On 23 December 2013, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) –- the main acquisition panel subordinate to India's [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] (MoD), approved the procurement of sixteen [[anti-submarine warfare]] (ASW) vessels capable of operating in shallow waters, at a cost of {{INRConvert|13440|c|lk=on|year=2013}}, to replace the ageing [[Abhay-class corvette|''Abhay''-class corvettes]] of the Indian Navy – which were commissioned between 1989 and 1991. This includes the development of the vessels with about {{Convert|700|t|abbr=on}} displacement and an operational radius of {{Convert|200|nmi|abbr=on}} from its [[home port]]. They would be built by [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers]] (GRSE).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bhatnagar |first=Gaurav Vivek |date=24 December 2013 |title=Four major acquisitions for the Navy and the Army approved |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/four-major-acquisitions-for-the-navy-and-the-army-approved/article5494688.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250915131130/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/four-major-acquisitions-for-the-navy-and-the-army-approved/article5494688.ece |archive-date=15 September 2025 |access-date=17 October 2017 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Prasad |first=KV |date=25 December 2013 |title=MoD clears Navy plans to get 16 shallow-water anti-sub vessels |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131226/main5.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250829044614/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131226/main5.htm |archive-date=29 August 2025 |access-date=15 September 2025 |website=Tribune India}}</ref>

In June 2014, the MoD issued a tender, worth USD2.25 billion under the 'Buy and Make India' category to private-shipyards – including [[Larsen & Toubro]] (L&T), [[ABG Shipyard]], [[Pipavav Shipyard|Pipavav Defense and Offshore Engineering]], [[Goa Shipyard]] (GSL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), for the procurement of the 16 anti-submarine vessels.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 June 2014 |title=India issues $2.25bn tender to procure ASW shallow-water craft |url=https://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsindia-issues-225bn-tender-to-procure-asw-shallow-water-craft-4297624/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250915131157/https://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsindia-issues-225bn-tender-to-procure-asw-shallow-water-craft-4297624/ |archive-date=15 September 2025 |access-date=15 September 2025 |website=Naval Technology}}</ref>

In October 2017, [[Cochin Shipyard]] (CSL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) emerged as the first and the second-lowest bidder in the tender, respectively. CSL had quoted a value of {{INRConvert|5400|c|year=2017|mode=historical}} while GRSE had to match the bid value of CSL in order to get the contract.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 January 2018 |title=Garden Reach Shipbuilders set to win ₹5,400-crore Navy order |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/garden-reach-shipbuilders-set-to-win-5400crore-navy-order/article10035674.ece |access-date=15 September 2025 |website=BusinessLine |language=en}}</ref>

=== Purchase ===
On 29 April 2019, the MoD and GRSE signed a contract, valued at {{INRConvert|6311.32|c|year=2019}}, for eight anti-submarine vessels, to be delivered between 2022 and 2026. The contract mandates the first vessel to be delivered within 42 months of the date of signing, with the remaining seven vessels delivered at a rate of two ships per year within 84 months.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last=Himatsingka |first=Anuradha |date=29 April 2019 |title=GRSE signs contract for 8 anti-submarine warfare shallow water crafts for Indian Navy |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/grse-signs-contract-for-8-anti-submarine-warfare-shallow-water-crafts-for-indian-navy/articleshow/69099130.cms |access-date=15 September 2025 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite press release |title=Contract Signing with M/S CSL and M/S GRSE for Acquisition of Sixteen Anti Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) for Indian Navy |date=30 April 2019 |publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1571375 |access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>

On 30 April 2019, the MoD and CSL signed a similar contract for the construction of the remaining eight vessels – within a deadline of 84 months.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2019 |title=GRSE Signs Contract for 08 Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Watercraft |url=https://psuwatch.com/grse-signs-contract-for-08-anti-submarine-warfare-shallow-watercraft |website=psuwatch.com}}</ref> Under this contract, the first ship was also expected to be delivered within a span of 42 months, with subsequent deliveries of two ships per year.<ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 2019 |title=Cochin Shipyard gets Rs 6,311 crore contract for anti-submarine warfare ships |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/story/cochin-shipyard-gets-rs-6311-crore-contract-for-anti-submarine-warfare-ships-188690-2019-04-30 |website=Business Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 April 2019 |title=Cochin Shipyard gets ₹6,311 crore contract for anti-submarine warfare ships |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/cochin-shipyard-gets-rs-6-311-crore-contract-for-anti-submarine-warfare-ships-1556639149645.html |website=mint}}</ref>

=== Construction ===
The [[keel laying]] ceremony of the ''Mangrol'' (BY 524) was conducted on 21 February 2023.<ref name="better_ref_needed2">{{cite press release |title=Keel laying for Second ship (BY 525, Mangrol) and third ship (BY 525, Mangrol), at M/s CSL, Kochi, on 21 Nov 23 |date=21 February 2023 |publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1901133&reg=3&lang=1 |access-date=28 November 2025}}</ref> The first three ships of the class, [[Ceremonial ship launching|christened]] as ''Mahe'', ''Malwan'' and ''Mangrol'' were launched simultaneously launched on 30 November 2023.<ref name=":1">{{cite press release |title=Simultaneous launch of ‘Mahe, Malvan and Mangrol’, first three ships of ASW SWC(CSL) project on 30 Nov 23 at CSL, Kochi |date=30 November 2023 |publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1981148 |access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=30 November 2023 |title=Three anti-submarine warfare ships for Indian Navy launched at Cochin Shipyard |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/three-anti-submarine-warfare-ships-for-indian-navy-launched-at-cochin-shipyard/article67590173.ece |access-date=30 November 2023 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

=== Namesake ===
The ship, ''Mangrol'', was named after the [[INS Mangrol|former minesweeper]] that was in service with the Indian Navy between 1983 and 2004. The minesweepers and these vessels inherit their name from multiple ports.

== Design ==
{{Excerpt|INS Mahe (2022)|Design}}

=== Weapons ===
{{Excerpt|INS Mahe (2022)|Weapons}}

=== Sensors ===
{{Excerpt|INS Mahe (2022)|Sensors}}

== See also ==
*[[INS Arnala (2022)|INS Arnala]]
*[[Future of the Indian Navy]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Anti-submarine warfare]]
[[Category:Mahé-class minesweepers]]
[[Category:Ships of the Indian Navy]]

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