Indian Coast Guard Ship Varaha Commissioned By Rajnath Singh

Indian Coast Guard Ship Varaha Commissioned By Rajnath Singh

The ICGS Varaha, the fourth in the series of seven 98-m Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG)

Highlights:

• It was commissioned y Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
• The ship-based at New Mangalore under the administrative and operational control of Commander Coast Guard Region (west). The ship will have onboard 14 officers and 89 men, says a press release from ICG.
• The ship designed and built indigenously by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) at its Katupalli ship building yard in North Chennai.

Features:

• It is fit with the latest navigation and communication equipment. It also has some of the most advanced sensors and machinery as well as a 33-millimetre (mm) gun. It will be fitted with 12.7 mm gun with fire control system.
• The ship's special features include the integrated Bridge System, Automated Power Management System and indigenously built Integrated Platform Management System and Halo Traversing System.
• It ship is also designed to carry one twin-engine helicopter and four high-speed boats. The ship will operate from the port of New Mangalore covering up to Kanyakumari. The ship will add to the ICG's strength in responding to the threats of maritime terrorism, smuggling, and challenges of maritime enforcement.