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| Name: | ICGS Vishwast |
| Owner: | Indian Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Goa Shipyard Limited |
| Commissioned: | March 2010 |
| Status: | in active service |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Vishwast class |
| Builders: | Goa Shipyard Limited |
| Operators: | Indian Coast Guard |
| Preceded by: | class |
| Succeeded by: | class |
| Planned: | 3 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Active: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Offshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 1840 tons[1] |
| Length: | 94 metres (308 ft)[1][2][3] |
| Beam: | 12.2 metres (40 ft)[1][2] |
| Draught: | 4.5 metres (15 ft) (propeller) |
| Depth: | 3.6 metres (12 ft) |
| Installed power: | 18,000 kilowatts (24,000 hp) |
| Speed: | 26 kn (48 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) |
| Complement: | 10 officers and 98 sailors |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 x HAL Dhruv |
ICGS Vishwast (OPV-30) is one of the three Vishwast-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Indian Coast Guard.
History
The vessel was built in India by Goa Shipyard Ltd.(GSL) and was commissioned in March 2010 in the Indian Coast Guard by then defence minister A K Antony.[5][6] ICGSVishwast is 90 metres in length and weighs 2400 tons. In 2015, the ship was deployed to Malaysia and Myanmar.[7][8] In 2016, the ship was deployed to a visit to Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand - where it exercised with the navies of the respective countries to be prepared in case of a situation when the navies of two countries have to operate together.[9] ICGS Vishwast is capable of fire-fighting, search and patrol, pollution control (in case of oil spillage) and maritime surveillance.[6]
See also
Vishwast-class offshore patrol vessel
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ICGS VISHWAST - Vessel's Details and Current Position - 0 - 419098400". Marinetraffic.com. 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
- ↑ "Surface Units Page :Indian Coast Guard". www.indiancoastguard.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 3 June 2016 suggested (help) - ↑ "Coast Guard inducts patrol vessel 'ICGS Vijit' in its fleet - India - DNA". Dnaindia.com. 11 December 2010. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- ↑ "ICGS Vishwast to be commissioned tomorrow". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2010-03-16. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Antony commissions new generation Coast Guard vessel". Hindustan Times. 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ↑ "OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Embassy of India". embassyofindiayangon.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ↑ "ICGS Vishwast to visit Bangladesh, Thailand". Deccan Chronicle. 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2021-03-12.