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Vishwast-class offshore patrol vessel From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ICGS Vishwast (OPV-30) (Literally means Reliable)[5] is one of the three Vishwast-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Indian Coast Guard.
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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 | Sankalp class |
Succeeded by | Samarth 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 |
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.[6][7] ICGS Vishwast is 90 meters in length and weighs 2400 tons. In 2015, the ship was deployed to Malaysia and Myanmar.[8][9] In 2016, the ship was deployed to a visit to Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand - where it was involved in an exercise with the navies of the respective countries.[10] ICGS Vishwast is capable of firefighting, search and patrol, pollution control (due to oil spillage) and maritime surveillance.[7]
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