{"id":100747,"date":"2025-02-26T19:22:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=100747"},"modified":"2025-02-26T19:22:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:52:42","slug":"indias-first-ancient-stitched-ship-launched-on-divar-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=100747","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s first ancient stitched ship launched on Divar island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goa Khabar :\u00a0India\u2019s first ancient stitched ship was formally launched on Wednesday, February 26th inside the Hodi Innovation shipyard on Divar island. The launch was witnessed by senior officers of the Indian Navy, which included Rear Admiral, KM Ramakrishnan, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area (FOK), who was the chief guest at the function.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ship has been completely designed and built in Goa by the Hodi Innovation (OPC) Pvt Ltd with the help of expert artisans from across India.<\/p>\n

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Prathamesh Dandekar, managing director, Hodi Innovations in his welcome address said, \u201cThis launch heralds the initiative to revitalize the nation\u2019s rich maritime legacy. The ship, constructed using coconut fiber stitching, traditional wooden joinery, and natural resins, stands as a living testament to India\u2019s ancient shipbuilding expertise.\u201d Dandekar applauded the work of the artisans who worked on the ship and thanked the Indian Navy and the Indian government for giving his company the opportunity to build the ship.<\/p>\n

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Rear Admiral, KM Ramakrishnan, the chief guest in his speech said, \u201cStitched ships illustrate India\u2019s ancient ship faring tradition. Babu Shankaran and his artisans from Kerala need to be applauded for their unparalled skill and dedication.\u201d The Rear Admiral said that the ship would be docked at the Karwar port and Captain Dilip Donde, India\u2019s first solo, global circumnavigator would mentor a Navy team that would undertake ocean voyages on this ship. \u201cCaptain Donde\u2019s expertise is invaluable,\u201d the Rear Admiral said.<\/p>\n

This project, envisioned by renowned writer, economist, and historian Sanjeev Sanyal, is being executed through a tripartite agreement between Hodi Innovations (OPC) Pvt Ltd, the Indian Navy and the Ministry of Culture.<\/p>\n

Hodi Innovations is a company that builds various types of vessels including sailing boats, motor boats, patrol boats etc of steel, aluminum and FRP for the Indian Defence Forces. Visit:\u00a0www.hodiinnovations.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Goa Khabar :\u00a0India\u2019s first ancient stitched ship was formally launched on Wednesday, February 26th inside the Hodi Innovation shipyard on Divar island. The launch was witnessed by senior officers of the Indian Navy, which included Rear Admiral, KM Ramakrishnan, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Karnataka Naval Area (FOK), who was the chief guest at the function. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":100749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-100747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100750,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100747\/revisions\/100750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/100749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}