Built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, India and launched on 2 August 2013, it is the first warship to be exported by an Indian shipyard.

The ship was to have been built in 42 months and was delivered to The Mauritian Coast Guard in September 2014 on the sidelines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to Mauritius.

[4] Valued at US$50 million, MCGS Barracuda has an integrated bridge system and advanced controls and main engines.

[7] Crewed by a complement of 83 officers and sailors, Barracuda can be deployed for a wide range of tasks including anti-piracy, search and rescue, anti-smuggling and anti-drug surveillance operations.

The ship will safeguard the exclusive economic zone of Mauritius and can be used as a logistics support vessel and to transport troops.