INS Sandhayak

December 6, 2023

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) delivered INS Sandhayak, the largest survey vessel ever built in India and first in the series of four Survey Vessels (Large) or SVLs being built by it, to the Indian Navy on the occasion of the Navy Day.
The 110-metre-long warship is the lead vessel in a series of four SVLs and the reincarnation of another ship by that name.
- The previous warship, also a survey vessel, was commissioned into the Navy in 1981 and decommissioned in 2021.
These warships are capable of full-scale coastal and deep-water hydrographic survey of port and harbour approaches and determination of navigation channels and routes.
They can also undertake surveys of maritime limits and collection of oceanographic and geographical data for defence applications and carry a helicopter each, participate in low-intensity combat and function as hospital ships.
They can also be used for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.