TNPSC Thervupettagam

Maldivian Coast Guard Ship (MCGS) - Huravee

November 20 , 2018 2115 days 733 0
  • The Indian Navy has successfully completed the refitted Maldivian Coast Guard Ship (MCGS) Huravee at Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam and was formally handed over.
  • This initiative was undertaken in furtherance of its diplomatic outreach to friendly foreign navies in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
  • It was originally commissioned as INS Tillanchang, a Trinkat class patrol vessel built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata in March 2001.
  • It was subsequently gifted to Maldives by Government of India in April 2006.

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