Indian Coast Guard : News, Pictures and Discussions.

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Here is the brand new ALH Mark-3 for the ICG!

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ICGS Sujeet(Samarth Class Flight 2) handed over to ICG

 

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Coast Guard commissions interceptor boat in Surat

An indigenously built interceptor boat was handed over to the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) at an event at Hazira in Surat district on Tuesday. The vessel will operate from Gujarat under the control of the Commander Coast Guard Region (North-West) of the ICG, a Defence release said. Built by Larsen and Toubro at its Hazira plant, the interceptor boat C-454 was commissioned by Surat Police Commissioner Ajay Tomar in presence of Commander Coast Guard Region (NW) Inspector General Rakesh Pal, and other officials.

“ICG is important for the security of our country. I feel that the quality of this boat is up to the mark and will also increase the strength of the coast guard,” Tomar, who was the chief guest on the occasion, said. Tomar added the interceptor boat will ensure maritime security of Gujarat’s 1,600-km coastline. Inspector General Rakesh Pal said the interceptor boat has state-of-the-art elements in terms of engine, navigation system or weaponry system and was “another feather in the cap of the state of Gujarat”.

“After getting an intelligence input, the boat can swiftly and immediately reach to the location. The alloy used in this ship is 2.5 times lighter, as a result of which the speed increases with short time and it can run deep into the sea. Its capacity is it can run 24 hours without outsider logistic support. At the time of need, we can use this boat to reach to the international boundary,” he said.


There are a total of 16 interceptor boats with the ICG in Gujarat. “It will also get two more ships in March and June next year and this will add more in terms of the security of our country. The sea in India is the prominent gateway to the world. The maritime trade and commerce had played an important role in the growth of Gujarat. Various new threats had emerged at the Indian coast, making coastal security a critical responsibility in addition to our mandated roles such as search and rescue, pollution response etc. Our capacity building in all spheres is essentially focused on making our seas safer and conducive activities in law enforcement and maritime commerce,” Commander Inspector General Pal said.

Mohammed Danish, the Assistant Commanding Officer of the newly commissioned vessel, said, “The boat has two riffles and single pistol, 12.7 mm heavy machine gun (Prahari) on board as main armament. It can run at the speed of 45 knots (or 85 kilometres per hour). This boat (over 27 metres long) is made for interdiction (chase and catch) and for search and rescue. The ship is equipped with two twin diesel engines, twin water jet propulsion and has the endurance of 500 nautical miles at 25 knots of speed.”

 

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Some images from ICG official twitter page:
Inside the Dhruv Mk-3 for ICG

The massive door mounted 12.7mm machine gun

Recently the service celebrated its 45th Raising Day:

Keeping busy, as always:

That Dornier is flying fairly low! (All two images before the above one was probably by the bird)

Staying true to their motto: वयम रक्षामः

 

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Kudos to L&T Shipyard on the latest delivery:

ICGS Vajra(Vikram class OPV 2000T+) commissioned into the ICG in the presence of the CDS Gen. Rawat.

 

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Vikram Class OPV
ICGS Vikram (from a visit to Seychelles)

ICGS Vijaya

ICGS Veera(Img from a visit to Maldives)

ICGS Varaha

ICGS Varad

Fighting oil spills off Chennai:

 

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A superb joint operation by ICG and IN
Just shows how difficult it is to locate small vessels far at sea

Also good to know Indian Coast Guard-Pak MSA communication was active
IN Sea Dragon played a key role I suppose(SRR is Search and Rescue Region)

ICG Dornier EO pod in action

 

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Another scary operation on the high seas.

ICGS Vajra in action

 

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Firefighting relentlessly

Massive damage for the MV but fire seems to be under control
Kudos to the ICG+SL Navy+Colombo Port staff on the herculean effort

Interestingly the SL Navy OPV SLNS Sindurala(Built in India) was the on scene commander

 

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Images from ICGS Vaibhav

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ICGS Samudra Prahari joins the effort with 41000 Litres of Firefighting Foam

4000T highly specialized vessel

ICGS Sujeet(Samarth Class Flight 2) handed over to ICG

Her sister ship ICGS Sajag also commissioned, good pace of construction by GSL

Commissioning in the presence of NSA Ajit Doval too

 

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Do we have amphibious capable ships in our coast guard?

 

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Do we have amphibious capable ships in our coast guard?

Ships not sure, but the 20+ fleet of Air Cushion Vehicles serve the purpose

Livery suggests this potentially can be another Amphibian platform for the Coast Guard

Image shared by @bennedose on Twitter

 

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ICGS Vigraha (to be)commissioned!

Images by the CG, commissioning on 28 Aug.
Notable add on is the SRCG mount with the M2 12.7mm gun

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