SOURCE: UNI
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The Indian Navy’s stitched ship will embark on its maiden ocean voyage from Mandvi in Gujarat to Muscat in Oman in December 2025. This was disclosed by Sanjeev Sanyal, member of the Prime Minister’s economic advisory council at an event held at the International Centre Goa (ICG) on Tuesday.
The ship which has been modeled after a 5th century, stitched sailing ship painting found in the Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra is being built at the Hodi Innovations shipyard on Divar island in Goa.
Sanyal, whose brainchild this stitched ship project is, said that the ship should be ready by March 2025. The ship building which had commenced in September 2023 is being supervised by master shipwright, Babu Sankaran and his team from Kerala who are using the ancient method of stitching the ship together using choir ropes, fish oil, coconut fibres and red pigments.