1. The warship, measuring 163 metres by 17 metres, is known as after the historic port metropolis of Mormugao in Goa. It can battle underneath nuclear, organic and chemical warfare circumstances.

2. Propelled by 4 highly effective gasoline generators, the warship is able to reaching speeds over 30 knots.

3. INS Mormugao options refined ‘cutting-edge’ weapons and sensors. It is provided with surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles apart from trendy surveillance radar that gives goal knowledge to the weapon programs.

4. It is the second of the 4 ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers that has been indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s Warship Design Bureau. The warship was constructed by the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited.

5. INS Mormugao undertook its first sea sortie on December 19 final 12 months, marking 60 years of Goa’s liberation from Portuguese rule. It will considerably add to the Navy’s fight capabilities, a defence launch stated.

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