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Indian Coast Guard Inducts Inshore Patrol Vessel

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has inducted the second of the eight Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPVs) it ordered from the Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE). The ship, ICGS Rajtarang was commissioned into the force by India's Minister of State for Defence MM Pallam Raju at an event in Chennai in the presence of ICG Director General Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan. The 50-metre IPV is equipped with advanced and sophisticated navigational and communication sensors and equipment. At its economical speed of 16 knots, it has an endurance of 1,500 nautical miles. Read More...

Goa Shipyard Signs Contract to Build Six Vessels for Indian Coast Guard

India's Defence Ministry-owned Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) signed a contract with the government to build six Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), officials have said. The order is said to be worth $400 million or Rs.1,800 crore. "The vessels are based on in-house design of GSL, which has considerable expertise in designing and constructing a range of patrol vessels for the Indian Defence forces," the officials said. Read More...

First of Five Inshore Patrol Vessel Commissioned Into Coast Guard

The Indian Coast Guard Ship Rani Abbakka, the first of a series of five Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) built at Hindustan Shipyard Limited, the latest of the four defence public sector shipbuilders, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam by Minister of State for Defence Dr. MM Pallam Raju. Indian Navy's Eastern Naval Command Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Indian Coast Guard Director General Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan, and other senior dignitaries of the central and Andhra Pradesh government were present on the occasion. Read More...
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