NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, AUG 19
A newly-built `Interceptor” boat of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) was launched in Surat on Wednesday, said a Defence release.
#IndianCoastGuard #Gujarat Interceptor Boat ICGS C-454 designed & built by M/s L& T was launched at Surat. 51 IBs out of 54 ordered have been handed over to Indian Coast Guard #AtmaNirbharBharat @SpokespersonMoD@IndiaCoastGuard@PTI_News @DDNewsGujarati pic.twitter.com/prXZrp9Wkc
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) August 19, 2020
“Interceptor Boat `ICGS C-454’, designed and built by Larsen and Toubro, was launched into the service of the Coast Guard by Surat district Collector Dhaval Patel’s wife, Dr Hiral Patel,” it said.
#IndianCoastGuard #Gujarat IB C 454 of 27m length with average draft of 1.4 m has an excellent seakeeping, maneuverability, maximum speed of 45 nautical miles (83 Km/hr) and endurance range of 500 nautical miles. @PIBAhmedabad @airnews_abad @collectorsurat pic.twitter.com/2HOjIsz3S9
— PRO Defence Gujarat (@DefencePRO_Guj) August 19, 2020
The 27-meter-long boat has a maximum speed of 45 nautical miles or 83 kilometers per hour, and has “excellent seakeeping, maneuverability and endurance range of 500 nautical miles”, the release added.