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Detailed explanation-1: -Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE ) on Saturday became the “first Indian shipyard” to build and deliver 100 warships, the state-owned company said. GRSE Chairman and Managing Director, Rear Admiral (Retd) V K Saxena, formally handed over the 100th warship – ‘IN LCU L-56’ – to the Indian Navy, it said.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) (IAST: Majhagānv Dawk Limiṭeḍ), formerly called Mazagon Dock Limited, is a shipyard situated in Mazagaon, Mumbai. It manufactures warships and submarines for the Indian Navy and offshore platforms and associated support vessels for offshore oil drilling.

Detailed explanation-3: -Powered by a highly qualied in-house development team, Titagarh is a trusted brand, licenced for warship manufacture by the Government of India. Moreover, the group has also been commissioned by the National Institute of Ocean Technology for purpose-designed coastal research vessels with on-board laboratories.

Detailed explanation-4: -Indian Naval Ship (INS) Mormugao (D67), second warship of the P15B class of stealth guided-missile destroyers, was commissioned in the august presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai on December 18, 2022.