List of equipment of the Indian Coast Guard

Crest of the Indian Coast Guard

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is the maritime law enforcement and search and rescue agency of India. It was formally established on 18 August 1978. ^[1] The ICG operates under the Ministry of Defence. ^[2]

Active Vessels

Vessels

Vessels belonging to the Indian Coast Guard bear the prefix "ICGS" – Indian Coast Guard Ship.

Class	Picture	Origin	Type	Commissioned	Displacement	Vessels	Comment
Pollution control vessels (3)
Samudra class		India	Pollution control vessel	2010–present	3,960 tons	3
Offshore patrol vessels (25)
Vikram class		India	Offshore patrol vessel	2018–present	2,140 tons	7
Samarth class		India	Offshore patrol vessel	2015–present	2,400 tons	11
Vishwast class		India	Offshore patrol vessel	2010–present	1,800 tons	3
Sankalp class		India	Offshore patrol vessel	2008–present	2,325 tons	2
Samar class		India	Offshore patrol vessel	1996–present	1,800 tons	2	2 ships out of 4 decommissioned in November 2023
Fast Patrol vessels (45)
Adamya class		India	Fast patrol vessel	2025–present	320 tons	2	[3]
Aadesh class		India	Fast patrol vessel	2013–present	290 tons	20
Rajshree class		India	Fast patrol vessel	2012–present	275 tons	13	1 additional unit built for the Seychelles Coast Guard. [4] [5]
Rani Abbaka class		India	Fast patrol vessel	2009–present	275 tons	5
Sarojini Naidu class		India	Fast patrol vessel	2002–present	270 tons	6	1 unit decommissioned on 27 April 2023. 2 additional units built for the National Coast Guard of Mauritius.
Patrol boats (82)
Bharati class		India	Patrol boat	2013–present	107 tons	6	9 more to be commissioned
L&T class		India	Fast interceptor boat	2012–present	90 tons	54
ABG class		India	Fast interceptor boat	2000–present	90 tons	11
Patrol craft (14)
Timblo class		India	Interceptor craft	2010–present	7 tons	10
Bristol class		United Kingdom	Interceptor craft	2004–present	5 tons	4
Hovercraft (18)
Griffon class		United Kingdom	Hovercraft	2000–present	27 tons	18	6 H-181(Griffon 8000TD) and 12 H-187(Griffon 8000TD) [6]

Additionally, the Indian Coast Guard operates a fleet of Six Auxilary Barges to aid logistical and operational assistance to the Coast Guard fleet.

Active Aircraft

Main article: List of active Indian military aircraft § Indian Coast Guard

Aircraft

Aircraft	Picture	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
Maritime patrol
Dornier 228		West Germany India	Maritime patrol	101/201 [7]	36 [8]	2 on order [9]
Helicopters
HAL Dhruv		India	Utility	Mk. I	4 [10] [6]	9 Mk.III on order [11] 6 more planned [12]
				Mk. III	15 [13] [14] [15]
HAL Chetak		India	Utility		17 [16]

Squadrons and Flights

The following is a list of Coast Guard Air Squadrons ^{[17] [18] [19]}

Squadron	Type	Base
CGAS 700	Do 228-101	CGAE Kolkata
CGAS 743	Do 228-101	CGAE Bhubaneswar
CGAS 744	Do 228-101	ICGAS Chennai
CGAS 745	Do 228-201	CGAE Port Blair
CGAS 746	Do 228-201	CGAE Porbandar
CGAS 747	Do 228-101	CGAE Kochi
CGAS 750	Do 228-101	CGAS Daman
CGAS 800	HAL Chetak	CGAE Dabolim
CGAS 830	HAL Dhruv Mk. III	CGAE Bhubaneswar
CGAS 835	HAL Dhruv Mk. III [20]	CGAE Porbandar
CGAS 840	HAL Dhruv Mk. III	CGAS Chennai
CGAS 841	HAL Chetak	CGAS Daman
CGAS 842	HAL Chetak	INS Kunjali, Mumbai
CGAS 845	HAL Dhruv Mk. III	CGAE Kochi
CGAS 848	HAL Chetak	CGAS Chennai
CGAS 850	HAL Dhruv Mk. II	CGAS Ratnagiri
CGAS 851	HAL Dhruv Mk. II	CGAE Dabolim
Port Blair Chetak Flight	HAL Chetak	CGAE Port Blair
Kochi Chetak Flight	HAL Chetak	CGAE Kochi
Vishakhapatnam Chetak Flight	HAL Chetak	CGAE Dega
Dornier Training Fleet	Do 228-201	CGAS Daman

See also

• List of future Indian Coast Guard Equipment
• List of active Indian Navy ships
• List of active Indian military aircraft
• List of equipment of the Indian Army

References

1. The Coast Guard Act. Parliament of India. 1978.
2. "About the Ministry". Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
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4. "ICGS Priyadarshini commissioned at Andhra Pradesh's Kakinada Port". The New Indian Express. 27 April 2019.
5. "GRSE to build water jet-propelled fast patrol vessel for Coast Guard". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
6. The Military Balance 2017. Routledge, Chapman & Hall. 14 February 2017. ISBN   9781857439007.
7. Jackson, Paul; Munson, Kenneth; Peacock, Lindsay, eds. (2004). "HAL (Dornier) 228". Jane's All the World's Aircraft (95th year of issue 2004-2005. ed.). Coulsdon: Janes Information Group. p. 206. ISBN   0710626142.
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9. "Indian Coast Guard to get Dornier aircraft from HAL". 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
10. Purohit, Jugal (8 July 2016). "Indian Coast Guard to acquire 30 advanced copters soon". India Today.
11. "Cabinet Committee on Security clears 34 new Dhruv choppers for Indian Coast Guard, Army". The Economic Times. 2024-03-07. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 2024-03-08.
12. "DAC approves 05 capital acquisition proposals worth Rs. 21,772 Crores to augment defence preparedness". Press Information Bureau . 2024-12-03. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
13. "Two ALH-Mark-III helicopters inducted into Indian Coast Guard". The Indian Express . 2 February 2022. The ICG said that these choppers were the ninth and tenth in the series of 16 ALH.
14. Kumar, Chetan (2022-11-15). "Coast Guard receives 16 ALH-Mk III choppers, wants 9 more". The Times of India.
15. Ranter, Harro. "Accident HAL Dhruv Mk 3 CG859, Sunday 5 January 2025". asn.flightsafety.org. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
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17. admin (2014-01-02). "Indian Coast Guard". Aeroflight. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
18. "Modernisation of Aviation Wing". www.sps-aviation.com. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
19. "Orbats". www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
20. "Two dead, one missing after coast guard helicopter goes down in Arabian Sea". Hindustan Times. 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2024-09-04.