INS Tillanchang

INS Tillanchang is a patrol vessel of the Trinkat class patrol vessel of Indian Navy designed and constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers in Kolkata, West Bengal. Tillanchang is named after Tillangchong Island sometimes also called Tillanchang [2] and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 17 March 2001. She was transferred to Maldivian Coast Guard on 16 April 2006 as CGS Huravee. As part of the transfer, technical and material assistance was provided by the Indian Navy for a period of three years. The Indian Navy also stationed a team of personnel for a preliminary period and on-the-job training of the Maldivian crew.[3] Huravee was successfully refitted at Visakhapatnam Naval Dockyard in Nov, 2018. The refit was an initiative by Indian Navy to boost its diplomatic outreach to friendly foreign navies in the Indian Ocean Region. [4]

CGS Huravee (801) during an exercise
History
India
Name: Tillanchang
Namesake: Tillanchang
Commissioned: 17 March 2001
Identification: T62
Fate: Transferred to Maldives Coast Guard on 16 April 2006
Maldives
Name: CGS Huravee
Commissioned: 16 April 2006
Status: In service
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Displacement: 260 ton (full load)[1]
Length: 46 m (151 ft)
Beam: 7.5 m (25 ft)
Draft: 3.9 m
Propulsion:
  • 2 × MTU engines (3,500 hp each)
  • 3 × 80 kW diesel generators
Speed: 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 2000 nautical miles at 12 knots.
Complement: 33 inclu. 4 officers
Armament: 1 × 2A42 Medak 30 mm gun


See also

References
  1. Vessel, Fast Patrol. "Trinkat Class - Bharat Rakshak :: Indian Navy". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. "No rescue for Police Jawans of Tillanchang Island".
  3. "Trinkat Class".
  4. "Indian Navy completes refit of Maldivian Coast Guard Ship Huuravee".


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