TNPSC Thervupettagam

Sixth Offshore Patrol Vessel ‘Sujay’

December 23 , 2017 2558 days 1019 0
  • The Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Sujay’, the sixth in the series of six 105m Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) was commissioned into service in Goa.
  • The ship is based at Paradip, Odisha under the operational and administrative control of Commander Coast Guard Region (North-East).
  • The 105 meter OPV has been designed and built indigenously by Goa Shipyard Ltd and is fitted with state-of-the-art navigation and communication equipment, sensors.
  • The ship’s name ‘Sujay’ means ‘Great Victory’ .
  • It will be deployed extensively for EEZ surveillance and will give a fillip to the maritime protection in the state of Odisha and West Bengal in particular.

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