ICGS Vishwast
 Photograph of the Indian Coast Guard's offshore patrol vessel ICGS Vishwast at the Shinko Pier No. 2, Port of Kobe, Japan.
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| History | |
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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 | 1,840 tons[1] |
| Length | 94 metres (308 ft)[1][2][3] |
| Beam | 12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)[1][2] |
| Draught | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) (propeller) |
| Depth | 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) |
| 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) (Literally means Reliable)[5] is one of the three Vishwast-class offshore patrol vessels (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.[6][7] ICGS Vishwast is 90 metres (295 ft 3 in) in length and displaces 2,400 tons. In 2015, the ship was deployed to Malaysia and Myanmar.[8][9] In 2016, the ship was deployed to visit Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand - where it was involved in an exercise with the navies of the respective countries.[10] Vishwast is capable of firefighting, search and patrol, pollution control (due to oil spillage) and maritime surveillance.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "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) - ^ a b "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 2016.
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "ICGS Vishwast to be commissioned tomorrow". The Hindu. 2010-03-16. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ a b "Antony commissions new generation Coast Guard vessel". Hindustan Times. 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT".
- ^ "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.