Indian Coast Guard Commissions Its Third Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) ICGS Rani Durgavati

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Indian Inshore Patrol Vessel Commissioned

ICGS Rani Durgavati, the 3rd Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) of its kind of the Indian Coast Guard was commissioned at Visakhapatnam by Vice Admiral Satish Soni, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (Eastern Naval Command) in the presence of Inspector General SP Sharma PTM, TM Commander Coast Guard Region (East) and other senior dignitaries of the Central and State Govt. the ship is named after Rani Durgavati who was the Gond queen. She was the wife of Daalpat Shah and was famous for defeating the army of Baz Bahadur and bravely fighting against the Mughal Army.

The 51 mtr inshore patrol vessel, ICGS Rani Durgavati, the third of its class has been designed and built indigenously by M/s Hindustan Shipyard Limited. The ship, is equipped with the most advanced and sophisticated navigational and communication sensors and equipment. The ship is propelled by three MTU 4000 series diesel engine of 2720 kw capacity at 2100 rpm each coupled with three 71S2 Rolls Royce Kamewa jets to a maximum speed of 34 knots. At economical speed of 14 knots it has an endurance of 1500 nautical miles. The special features of the ship include an Integrated Bridge System (IBS), Integrated Machinery Control Systems (IMCS), and an indigenously built gun mount with fire control systems. The ship is designed to carry one rigid inflatable boat and two Geminis for search and rescue, law enforcement and maritime patrol.

ICGS “Rani Durgavati” is manned by 05 officers and 34 men and is commanded by Commandant S Zakir Hussain. The ship will be based at Karaikal under the administrative and operation control of the commander, Coast Guard Region (East).

The ship on joining the Coast Guard fleet will enhance Coast Guard’s capability in furthering its, mandate of maritime safety, maritime security, environmental protection and coastal security on the eastern sea board.

Source:- Ministry of Defence, Government of India - New Delhi, India - Government Organization | Facebook
HSL hands over patrol vessel to Coast Guard - The Times of India
Rani Abbakka-class inshore patrol vessel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Vincent valentine]

What the hellenic. Is it Rocket science or what So many good news on Navy in one week.

 

[GR!FF!N]

What the hellenic. Is it Rocket science or what So many good news on Navy in one week.

Its for Coast Guard.

 

[Vincent valentine]

Yeah but in war they can be used. Didn't they?

 

[Chanakya's_Chant]

Yeah but in war they can be used. Didn't they?

Nope - These IPV's are too light (275 tons) to be deployed in modern naval combat - The only coast guard vessels that can be used in a full-fledged naval war are its Offshore patrol vessels - ICG has 14 of them whereas 10 others are under construction/planned.

OPVs can supplement some of Naval forces combatant roles if properly equipped to do so - ICG's OPV's have sufficient free deck space to upgrade them with basic Anti-Surface Missiles, defensive Anti-Air mounts, and towed array sonars to supplement IN's warships in times of war.

PS it is noteworthy that in Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 during IN's Operation Trident and its follow-up Operation Python against PN - Indian navy was able to secure a strategic success and partial naval blockade on Pakistan through its light missile boats which coincidentally had a displacement of 245 tons only.

Some maritime nations have experimented with up-arming their coastal guard forces with front-line equivalent equipment – notably the US Coast Guard’s baseline of the Hamilton-class cutters during the Cold War to have Harpoon missiles, close-in defenses and the ability to operate anti-sub helicopters.

 

[acetophenol]

Even though they are fit for the job,those CRN-91 "Medak" Naval Guns are an eye sore:p

 

[Vincent valentine]

Nope - These IPV's are too light (275 tons) to be deployed in modern naval combat - The only coast guard vessels than can be used in a full-fledged naval war are its Offshore patrol vessels - ICG has 14 of them whereas 10 others are under construction/planned.

OPVs can supplement some of Naval forces combatant roles if properly equipped to do so - ICG's OPV's have sufficient free deck space to upgrade them with basic Anti-Surface Missiles, defensive Anti-Air mounts, and towed array sonars to supplement IN's warships in times of war.

PS it is noteworthy that in Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 during IN's Operation Trident and its follow-up Operation Python against PN - Indian navy was able to secure a strategic success and partial naval blockade on Pakistan through its light missile boats which coincidentally had a displacement of 245 tons only.

Some maritime nations have experimented with up-arming their coastal guard forces with front-line equivalent equipment – notably the US Coast Guard’s baseline of the Hamilton-class cutters during the Cold War to have Harpoon missiles, close-in defenses and the ability to operate anti-sub helicopters.

OOps i mistook it for OPV. Thatnks BTW

 

[Echo_419]

Even though they are fit for the job,those CRN-91 "Medak" Naval Guns are an eye sore:p

Exactly looks like a WW2 ship with that thing