Jaitley commissions two FPVs of Indian Coast Guard
June 07, 2014
Mumbai, 7 June, 2014
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley commissioned fast patrol (FPVs) vessels ICGS Achook and ICGS Agrim for the Indian Coast Guard at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
The two ships have been put together by Cochin Shipyard. They can achieve speeds of over 30 knots. These vessels, 20 of which are being built by the Cochin Shipyard, are the fifth and sixth in the series.
The FPVs are meant for the Coast Guard to carry out anti-poaching, anti-smuggling, anti-gunrunning and other criminal activities in the seas close to the Indian coast.
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