India, Dec. 17 -- The naval diving support craft, A20, meant to enhance underwater preparedness and to serve as a force multiplier, was commissioned into the Indian Navy on Tuesday. The craft was commissioned at the Kochi naval base in a ceremonial event presided over by Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, a defence statement said.

It is the 11th ship to be commissioned in the calendar year - a significant milestone in the country's shipbuilding capability, it added. The ceremony commenced with the reading of the commissioning warrant by Lieutenant Commander Hemant Singh Chauhan, the Commanding Officer of DSC A20 and was followed by the hoisting of the naval ensign, accompanied by the nat...