Commissioning of 20th FPV ICGS Ayush
Indian Coast Guard Ship Ayush, last in the series of twenty Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) designed and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited, was commissioned on 18 February 2017 at Kochi by Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve, Flag Officer Commanding-inChief (South). The 50-m FPV displaces 421 tonnes and is propelled by three Rolls Royce waterjets to achieve a maximum speed of 33 knots and an endurance of 1500 nautical miles. ICGS Ayush will be based at Krishnapatnam, under the administrative and operational control of the Commander, Coast Guard Region (East), Chennai.