ICGS Samudra Paheredar


ICGS Samudra Paheredar is an Indian Pollution Control Vessel (PCV).[1]

ICGS Samudra Paheredar dousing fire onboard MT New Diamond.jpg
ICGS Samudra Paheredar dousing fire onboard MT New Diamond
History
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Name: ICGS Samudra Paheredar
Owner: Indian Coast Guard
Builder: ABG Ship Yard Pvt. Ltd
Status: in active service
Class overview
Name: Vishwast class
Operators: Indian Coast Guard
Planned: 3
Completed: 3
Active: 3
General characteristics
Type: Pollution Control Vessel
Speed: 21 Knots

The ship was commissioned by then Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma in July 2012 in Gujarat.[2] The vessel takes care of the east coast of India and can go up to a speed of 21 knots.[2] It is the second pollution control vessel of India (first being ICGS Samudra Prahari) and was built by ABG Ship Yard Pvt. Ltd.[3] In 2020, the ICGS Samudra Paheredar visited Muscat, Doha and Riyadh and Dubai. In Dubai, the vessel underwent joint training with UAE navy.[4]

ReferencesEdit

  1. "Coast Guard's pollution control ship 'Samudra Paheredar' berths at Visakhapatnam - Samudra Paheredar: Second pollution control vessel of the Coast Guard". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Vizag-based pollution control vessel to protect east coast". @businessline. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  3. "Embassy of India, Doha". indianembassyqatar.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  4. "Indian Coast Guard ships save one life everyday: CO officer DIG Anwar Khan". www.newsonair.nic.in. Retrieved 2021-03-12.