First Shivalik-class frigate ready for trial

Magazon Dock
The first of the three Shivalik-class stealth frigates being built at Mazagon Dock is ready for sea trials in March-April.

"We are taking the frigate for sea trials after March. We may deliver them either before the monsoon or after," an official of Mazagon Dock told PTI.

In fact, work has already begun on the second and third frigates, and the company expects to finish and deliver them by 2010, the official said.

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