INS Mahendragiri is a stealth guided missile frigates of the Indian Navy. It was built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) in Mumbai.
Namesake The ship has been named after the Mahendragiri mountain peak in the Eastern Ghats in Odisha.
Construction Mahendragiri is the seventh and final ship of the P-17A frigates, which are the advanced version of Shivalik-class frigates with enhanced stealth features, upgraded weapons and sensors and improved platform management systems on-board.
The construction of Mahendragiri commenced on 22 January 2020; with the project being inaugurated by Vice Admiral S. R. Sarma, the Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition (CWP&A). The hull was assigned the Yard Number 12654. The warship was formally launched by Sudesh Dhankhar, wife of Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar, on 1 September 2023. Mahendragiri was then arked at the Wet Basins of the MDL following the launch for remaining outfitting and trials along with the three ships of her class.
Mahendragiri is internally designed by Indian Navy’s Warship Design Bureau and the indigenously designed ship has state of the art weapons, enhanced stealth features, sensors, and platform management systems. She is the 100th ship to be designed and delivered by the Warship Design Bureau. She was finally delivered to the Navy on 30 April 2026. Mahendragiri was commissioned at Visakhapatnam on 11 July 2026. In July, Rolls-Royce announced that INS Dunagiri and INS Mahendragiri are equipped with four MTU 12V 396 TE54 generator sets.
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See also List of frigates of India