Overview

• Goa Shipyard Limited launched the Fast Patrol Vessel 'Atal' at Vasco da Gama on July 29 for the Indian Coast Guard.
• The vessel measures 52 metres in length, has an 8-metre beam and displaces 320 tonnes under the Ministry of Defence’s Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.
• Atal is equipped to perform coastal patrols, island security missions, offshore asset protection, anti-smuggling and anti-piracy operations, and search-and-rescue missions.
• This ship is the sixth in an eight-ship series of indigenously designed FPVs by GSL, with two vessels remaining to be completed.
• The launch follows the July 22 keel-laying at Mazagon Dock of the first next-generation offshore patrol vessel, highlighting ongoing fleet modernization.