ICGS Sankalp

ICGS Sankalp (Literally means Resolution)^[4] is the first ship of her class. The vessel is classified as Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessels. She was built was Goa Shipyard Limited. and commissioned by A. K. Antony on 20 May 2008.^[5][6][7][8]

History
India
Name	ICGS Sankalp
Owner	Indian Coast Guard
Builder	Goa Shipyard Limited
Laid down	17 July 2004
Launched	28 April 2006
Commissioned	20 May 2008
Identification	IMO number: 4558940[1] Pennant number: CG46
Motto	Extending the Horizon
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Sankalp-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	2,230 short tons (2,020 t)[2]
Length	105 m (344 ft 6 in)[2]
Beam	12.9 m (42 ft 4 in)[2]
Draught	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)[2]
Propulsion	2 × SEMT Pielstick 20 PA6B STC diesel engines (20,900 PS, 15,400 kW)[2]
Speed	23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 mph)[3]
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h)[2]
Boats & landing craft carried	5 high speed boats
Complement	128 including 15 officers[3]
Sensors & processing systems	Raytheon surface search radar[2]
Armament	2 × 30 mm CRN-91 naval gun 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns[2]
Aircraft carried	HAL Dhruv or HAL Chetak[3]

Construction

The keel of ship was laid on 17 July 2004 and launched on 28 April 2006. The ship was commissioned on 20 May 2008 by then Defence Minister A. K. Antony.^[9][10][11]

Operational history

In December 2014, Sankalp had undertaken a goodwill visit of 32 days to Singapore, Australia and Indonesia as part of international cooperation through exchange of information and bilateral exercises.^[12][13]

She has participated in many rescues, fire fighting missions. ^{[14][15][16][17][18][19]} She has also deployed oversea in various countries such as Sri Lanka, Maldives, Oman, Qatar, Australia, Singapore.^{[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]}

See also

• ICGS Samrat
• ICGS Vishwast
• Vishwast-class offshore patrol vessel
• Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel