COMMISSIONING OF FAST PATROL VESSEL ICGS ‘ABHINAV’

The Indian Coast Guard Ship 'Abhinav', the third in the series of 20 fast patrol vessels (FPVs), designed and built by the Cochin Shipyard Limited, was commissioned on January 15, 2014, at Kochi by the Director General of Coast Guard, Vice Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal.

The 50-metre indigenous FPV displaces 290 tonnes and can achieve a maximum speed of 33 knots with an endurance of 1,500 nautical miles at economical speed of 13 knots. With state-of-the-art weaponry and advanced communication and navigational equipment, it makes an ideal platform for undertaking multifarious close-coast missions such as surveillance, interdiction, search and rescue and medical evacuation.