Coast Guard ship Aadesh commissioned

Aadesh is first in a series of 20 waterjet-propelled fast patrol vessels being built for the agency by the Cochin Shipyard.

The Coast Guard on Friday inducted the first in a series of 20 waterjet-propelled fast patrol vessels (FPV) being built for it by the Cochin Shipyard.

CGS Aadesh, as the ship is named, will be based in Tuticorin for patrol of the Gulf of Mannar. The second vessel in the series, CGS Abheek, will be commissioned by Defence Minister A.K. Antony on December 31 and the third, sometime in January next.

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