ICGS Sachet: Difference between revisions

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'''ICGS ''Sachet''''' is the [[Indian Coast Guard]]'s latest and largest [[offshore patrol vessel]] (OPV). ''Sachet'' is seventh ship in the {{sclass|Samarth|offshore patrol vessel|0}} OPV and the first ship from the second batch ordered by Indian Coast Guard and has been built by Goa Shipyard Limited.<ref name="janes63503">{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/article/63503/goa-shipyard-set-to-build-five-new-opvs-for-indian-coast-guard |title=Goa Shipyard set to build five new OPVs for Indian Coast Guard |first=Mrityunjoy |last=Mazumdar |website=IHS Jane's Navy International |date=7 September 2016 |access-date=9 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908165615/http://www.janes.com/article/63503/goa-shipyard-set-to-build-five-new-opvs-for-indian-coast-guard |archive-date=8 September 2016 }}</ref> The vessel was commissioned to coast guard service on 15 May 2020 by [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence Minister]] [[Rajnath Singh]]. The commissioning is special as this was the first ever digital commissioning of any [[Indian Coast Guard]]'s ship due to global pandemic [[COVID-19]].<ref name="sachetcomm">{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/indian-coast-guard-patrol-vessel-2-interceptor-boats-commissioned/articleshow/75752488.cms|title=Indian Coast Guard patrol vessel, 2 interceptor boats commissioned|publisher=Economic Times|access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref> ''Sachet'' will be extensively used for Exclusive Economic Zone and other duties as it is set to be exploited extensively. The vessel will be under the command of Deputy Inspector General Rajesh Mittal.<ref name="sachetcomm"/>

The vessel was laid down on 20 March 2017<ref name="sachetld">{{cite press release|url=http://goashipyard.co.in/keel-for-first-ship-of-the-5-cgopv-project-laid-in-gsl|title=Keel For First Ship of the 5 CGOPV Project Laid In GSL|publisher=Goa Shipyard|date=20 March 2017|access-date=23 March 2022}}</ref> and was subsequently launched on 21 February 2019.<ref name="icgsachet">{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/sitharaman-launches-vessel-asks-defence-psus-to-expand-market/articleshow/68093108.cms?utm|title=Sitharaman launches vessel, asks defence PSUs to expand market| publisher=EconomicTimes|access-date=21 February 2022}}</ref> [[Goa Shipyard]] delivered the ship to [[Indian Coast Guard]] on 24 February 2020.<ref name="sachetdeliver">{{cite tweet|user=goashipyardltd|number=1231903860798607361|date=24 February 2020|title=1st OPV Yard 1233 of 5 CGOPV Project delivered today to Indian Coast Guard}}</ref> With the  commissioning of ''Sachet'' and other two interceptor craft, [[Indian Coast Guard]] became a force having 150 ships and boats with various other ship is construction.<ref name="sachetcomm"/>