INS Dunagiri is the fifth ship of the stealth guided missile frigates (P-17A) being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) for the Indian Navy.
Naming The ship is named after the Himalayan peak, Dunagiri. Her crest was unveiled on 11 June 2026. The crest depicts a Himalayan osprey flying above a mountain peak as a symbol for "precision, vigilance and dominance". This ship inherits the name, crest and legacy of the erstwhile Leander-class frigate INS Dunagiri (1977), now decommissioned.
Construction and career This is the second ship of the P-17A series of ships that are being built by GRSE. The ship was laid down on 24 January 2020 and it was launched on 15 July 2022. The ship is expected to be delivered by Q1 2026 and commissioned in the same year.
Dunagiri was delivered to the Indian Navy on 30 March 2026 along with and . The three ships were commissioned simultaneously during a tri-commissioning event on 21 June 2026 in Kolkata. 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 Future of the Indian Navy List of frigates of India List of active Indian Navy ships