GSL hosts steel cutting ceremony for first Indian-made Project 11356 frigate

Bindulal Thrissur

According to information published by the Russian Press Agency TASS on September 25, 2020, India’s Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) cut a steel plate for its first locally built Project 11356 frigate on September 20, 2020. The official ceremony of steel cutting was being live-streamed on the same day by the Ishwari Digital media platform.

During the ceremony, the Vice Chief of the Indian Navy’s (IN’s) Staff Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar cut the first plate of steel for the premier Indian-built Project 11356 frigate.