In December 2023, which company handed over the Indian Navy's largest survey vessel, INS Sandhayak, built in India?

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Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers has delivered the largest survey vessel built in India, INS Sandhayak to the Indian Navy on Navy Day. INS Sandhayak is the first in a series of four Survey Vessels (Large) being built by GRSE. The Naval vessel was launched on 05 December 2021. INS Sandhayak is the first of four advanced Survey Vessels (Large) or SVLs. It is a new version of a previous ship with the same name, which was a survey vessel in the Indian Navy from 1981 to 2021. The new INS Sandhayak and its companions are more advanced than the older vessels, which have all been decommissioned. GRSE has partnered with the Indian Navy for the last 62 years after delivery of the first indigenously- built warship INS Ajay in 1961. Since then, GRSE has delivered 70 more warships to the Indian Navy.