ICGS Vishwast

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IndianCoastGuard OPV30 Vishwast Kobe 20101129-001.jpg
Photograph of the Indian Coast Guard's offshore patrol vessel ICGS Vishwast (OPV-30) at the Shinko Pier No. 2, Port of Kobe, Japan.
History
Indian Coast Guard Logo.svgIndia
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:
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[edit]

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[edit]

Vishwast-class offshore patrol vessel

References[edit]

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 "ICGS VISHWAST - Vessel's Details and Current Position - 0 - 419098400". Marinetraffic.com. 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  3. "Surface Units Page :Indian Coast Guard". www.indiancoastguard.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016.
  4. "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.
  5. "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. 6.0 6.1 "Antony commissions new generation Coast Guard vessel". Hindustan Times. 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  7. "OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Embassy of India". embassyofindiayangon.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  9. "ICGS Vishwast to visit Bangladesh, Thailand". Deccan Chronicle. 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2021-03-12.

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