FerryWharf, Dockyard, Mazagaon Docks, Mumbai!!(Pics)

INS Shivalik under construction at Mazagaon Docks. Armament: 76mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) (Main Gun) 24 × CIWS/SAM System - KASHMIR Barak/ Ahtil VLS SAM (Undecided) 8 × VLSKlub/ BrahMos Cruise Missiles 90R missiles (ASW) DTA-53-956 torpedoes








Mazagaon Docks, famed as a site of ship building since the 18th century. It still builds warships for the Indian Navy and nearby is the Mazagaon Dock Colony which houses Angre house, Sarine house, Curry house and P & O Terrace. The Harbour Line station of Dockyard Road is the nearest railhead. The area is peaceful and quiet, unlike other parts of the city.

Mumbai, April 18, 2003.

India’s first indigenously built stealth frigate “Shivalik”, constructed by the nation’s premier shipbuilding yard, Mazagon Dock Limited, was launched here.

The dock was built with the aim of repairing merchant ships and warships belonging to the British, French, Moghul and Maratha fleets. According to the records, Mazagon Dock's ability to build teak ships earned it a pride of place in Indian maritime history. Mazagon Dock has the enviable reputation of having built one of Britain's oldest and famous vessels - the Trincomalee. Built in 1814, she was commissioned in 1817 as a 46-gun frigate. After eight decades of meritorious service, she was renamed the Foudroyant and converted into a maritime museum giving visitors a glimpse of life at sea after the Napoleonic wars.

Over the years, Mazagon Dock witnessed many changes. Modernisation and expansion activities were put into place including the construction of three dry docks. In 1934, it become a Pu8blic Ltd. Company. Twenty six years later on 14th May 1960 it passed into the hands of the Indian Government.

Mazagon Dock's forte lies in using a healthy blend of traditional ship repair skills and modern technology to perform challenging tasks. Over the years it has risen to the occasion every time the maritime fraternity has had an unusual requirement. Whether it was the task of replacing the damaged bow structure of HMS Ambuscade or converting Indian Navy's Trishul from a gun toting frigate to a missile carrying one, Mazagon Dock has proved more than equal to the task.