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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh volition committee Indian Coast Guard vessel ‘Samudra Pratap’, the archetypal of 2 contamination power vessels, successful Goa connected Monday (January 5, 2025).
The vas is equipped with precocious systems to observe lipid spills, enabling broad contamination effect operations wrong the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and beyond.
“It is susceptible of precocious precision operations, retrieve pollutants from viscous oil, analyse contaminants, and abstracted lipid from contaminated water,” the Indian Coast Guard said.
The 114.5 metres agelong and 4,200-tonne vas boasts a velocity of much than 22 knots and an endurance of 6,000 nautical miles, importantly enhancing the ICG’s contamination response, fire-fighting and maritime information and information capabilities.
The vas is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including a 30mm CRN-91 gun, 2 12.7mm stabilised remote-controlled guns with integrated occurrence power systems, an indigenously developed integrated span system, integrated level absorption system, automated powerfulness absorption system, and a high-capacity outer firefighting system, according to the ICG.
The vessel volition beryllium based astatine ICG’s Kochi base.
