♦ Yard 12706 (INS Imphal) was ofically delivered to the Indian Navy on 20 October, 2023.

♦ Imphal is the third Project 15B stealth guided missile destroyer, being built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL). 

♦ Imphal was the first naval warship commissioned with accommodation for women officers and sailors. 

♦ Imphal follows in the wake of her predecessors Indian Naval Ships Visakhapatnam and Mormugao commissioned in the past two years.

♦ Imphal’s keel was laid on 19 May, 2017 and the ship was launched into water on 20 April, 2019. The ship had sailed out for her maiden sea trials on 28 April, 2023, and, ever since, has undergone a comprehensive schedule of trials in harbour and at sea, leading up to its Delivery within a record timeframe of only six months.