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It was a busy Sunday on 5th of October 2025 for the Indian Navy as three newsworthy happening were reported.

First news came the formal announcement from the HQ of the Western Seaboard of the beginning of the 2025 edition of bilateral exercise between the Indian Navy and Royal British Navy, code named Exercise Konkan.

India’s biggest battleship, the INS Vikrant is taking part in this naval exercise.

The official spokesperson of the Indian Navy added that assets from Norway and Japan are also included in the exercise manifest.

Participation of the UK Carrier Strike Group (UK CSG 25) is led by HMS Prince of Wales,

The exercise will be conducted in two phases from 05 – 12 Oct 25. The harbour phase of the Exercise will include professional interactions between naval personnel, cross deck visits, sports fixtures, and cultural engagements

The sea phase will encompass complex maritime operational drills focusing on anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine exercises, flying operations and other seamanship evolutions.

Both participating nations will deploy frontline assets, including aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, submarines, and integral and shore based air assets.

As stated earlier that Indian side will be represented by the carrier battle group of the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in company with other surface, sub-surface and air combatants.

This exercise is a reaffirmation of the shared commitment to ensuring secure, open and free seas and will exemplify the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership outlined in ‘India-UK Vision 2035’.

On conclusion of Exercise Konkan 2025 with the Indian Navy on 12 Oct 2025, UK CSG 25 is scheduled to participate in a one-day exercise with the Indian Air Force off the western coast of India on 14 Oct 2025 prior to continuing with her planned deployment.

The second part of the Sunday news from the Indian Navy was related to upcoming commissioning of India’s second Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), Androth.

The commissioning will take place at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam at the Eastern Seaboard.

 The Indian Navy is set to commission Androth, the at a ceremonial event

The commissioning of Androth, marks yet another milestone in the Indian Navy’s steady stride towards capability enhancement and indigenisation. The induction is part of a larger momentum that has seen several state-of-the-art warships join the naval fleet in recent months.

The commissioning of Androth will significantly bolster the Navy’s ASW capabilities, especially in countering threats in littoral waters. It reflects the Navy’s sustained emphasis on indigenisation, innovation, and capability enhancement, while also highlighting the vital role of GRSE in strengthening India’s maritime security architecture.

Together, these inductions in recent months — Arnala, Nistar, Udaygiri, Nilgiri, and now Androth — reflect the Navy’s balanced growth across the spectrum of maritime operations.

Also on Sunday the 5th of October 2025 Naval spokesperson stated that India’s s indigenous stealth frigate INS Sahyadri has made a port call at Kemaman port in Malaysia.

This is as a part of the Eastern Fleet Operational Deployment to the South China Sea and Indo-Pacific, the Indian Navy stated.

The ship was accorded a warm welcome by the Royal Malaysian Navy, celebrating enduring cultural ties and shared maritime traditions between the two nations.

Indigenously designed, constructed and commissioned in 2012, INS Sahyadri is the third ship of the Shivalik Class Guided Missile Stealth Frigates.

This is the third visit by INS Sahyadri to Malaysia.

The ship had earlier visited Port Klang on a goodwill mission in 2016, and later participated in Exercise ‘Samudra Laksamana’ at Kota Kinabalu in 2019.

These visits underscore the strong and evolving naval ties between the two countries.