The Cochin Shipyard built fast patrol vessel (FPV) has been delivered to the India Coast Guard (ICG) to strengthen coastal security. The FPV is the first of the 20 vessel series of Cochin Shipyard (CSL), a public sector undertaking.
The vessel ‘Aadesh’ was delivered to the Indian Coast Guard after successful completion of all its trials on September 25.
According to a press release CSL, Aadesh will be operated by the Coast Guard station at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The vessel is the first in a series of 20 FPVs contracted by CSL for the ICG in 2010 with the delivery of the last craft slated for 2017.
Fisheries protection and monitoring, patrol within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and coastal patrol, anti- smuggling, search and rescue operations and anti-piracy operations are the primary role of the vessels.
The vessels have a secondary role of providing communication link and escorting convoys during hostilities and war time, the release said.
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