Indian Coast Guard (ICG) launched two advanced Fast Patrol Vessels ICG Ship Ajit and ICG Ship Aparajit at Goa Shipyard Limited yesterday. The Defence Ministry said, the new 52-metre-long vessels are the seventh and eighth in a series of eight indigenously built Fast Patrol Vessels.

 

 

Weighing around 320 tonnes, these ships are equipped with superior manoeuvrability and propulsion efficiency as they come with Controllable Pitch Propellers – the first of their kind in this class of ships in India.

 

They are capable of multi-mission roles including fisheries protection, coastal patrol, anti-smuggling, anti-piracy and search and rescue operations.