Overview
- The commissioning takes place at Goa Shipyard Limited in Vasco with Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, ICG Director General Paramesh Sivamani and other dignitaries attending.
- The ship carries oil-fingerprinting equipment, a gyro-stabilised standoff chemical detector and a pollution-control laboratory, and it is certified for DP-1 positioning with FiFi-2/FFV-2 firefighting capability.
- Displacing roughly 4,200 tonnes, the vessel can exceed 22 knots, has about 6,000 nautical miles of endurance and is described as the largest ship in the ICG fleet.
- Armament includes a 30mm CRN-91 gun and two 12.7mm stabilised remote-controlled guns, supported by an indigenously developed integrated bridge system and integrated platform management system.
- Following commissioning, the vessel will be based at Kochi to support pollution response, search and rescue, maritime law enforcement and EEZ security, reflecting India’s push for defence self-reliance.