SAIL supplied defence grade steel plates for anti-submarine warship INS Kiltan

KOLKATA: Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has supplied defence grade DMR 249A steel plates for the indigenously built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvette INS – Kiltan which was commissioned into the Indian Navy on Monday.

SAIL developed this warship grade steel Plates for Indian Navy in collaboration with Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad.

It is the third of the four indigenously built AWS stealth corvettes under project 28 (Kamorta class) to join Indian Navy after sister ships INS Kamorta and INS Kadmatt.

DMR 249A is a low carbon micro-alloyed grade of steel with stringent toughness requirement at sub-zero temperature.A statement from SAIL said it has so far supplied more than 50,000 tonnes of DMR 249A defence grade steel for Naval Ships against various requirements.