ICGS Sankalp

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India
NameICGS Sankalp
OwnerIndian Coast Guard flag.svg  Indian Coast Guard
Builder Goa Shipyard Limited
Laid down17 July 2004
Launched28 April 2006
Commissioned20 May 2008
Identification
MottoExtending the Horizon
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and type Sankalp-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement2,230 short tons (2,020 t) [2]
Length105 m (344 ft 6 in) [2]
Beam12.9 m (42 ft 4 in) [2]
Draught3.6 m (11 ft 10 in) [2]
Propulsion2 × SEMT Pielstick 20 PA6B STC diesel engines (20,900 PS, 15,400 kW) [2]
Speed23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph) [3]
Range6,500  nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h) [2]
Boats & landing
craft carried		5 high speed boats
Complement128 including 15 officers [3]
Sensors and
processing systems		 Raytheon surface search radar [2]
Armament
  • 2 × 30 mm CRN-91 naval gun
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns [2]
Aircraft carried HAL Dhruv or HAL Chetak [3]

ICGS Sankalp (Literally means Resolution) [4] is the first ship of her class. The vessel is classified as Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessels . She was built was Goa Shipyard Limited. and commissioned by A. K. Antony on 20 May 2008. [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Construction

The keel of ship was laid on 17 July 2004 and launched on 28 April 2006. The ship was commissioned on 20 May 2008 by then Defence Minister A. K. Antony. [9] [10] [11]

Operational history

In December 2014, Sankalp had undertaken a goodwill visit of 32 days to Singapore, Australia and Indonesia as part of international cooperation through exchange of information and bilateral exercises. [12] [13]

She has participated in many rescues, fire fighting missions. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] She has also deployed oversea in various countries such as Sri Lanka, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Australia, Singapore. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]

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