CGS Huravee during an exercise
History
India
NameINS Tillanchang
NamesakeTillanchang
Commissioned17 March 2001
IdentificationT62
FateTransferred to Maldives Coast Guard on 16 April 2006
Maldives
NameMCGS Huravee
Commissioned16 April 2006
Decommissioned2 May 2023
FateTransferred back to India
India
NameINS Tarmugli
NamesakeTarmugli Island and ex-INS Tarmugli (T91)
Commissioned14 December 2023
FateReady for re-commissioning
StatusRecommissioned after refit
General characteristics
Class and typeTrinkat-class patrol vessel
Displacement260 tons (full load)[1]
Length46 m (150 ft 11 in)
Beam7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draft3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × MTU engines, 3,500 hp (2,600 kW) each
  • 3 × 80 kW diesel generators
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement33 including 4 officers
Armament1 × 2A42 Medak 30 mm gun

INS Tarmugli, formerly MCGS Huravee was originally INS Tillanchang, a Trinkat-class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy. The vessel was designed and constructed by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers in Kolkata, West Bengal. Tillanchang was named after Tillangchong Island sometimes also called Tillanchang[2] and was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 17 March 2001. She was transferred to the Maldivian Coast Guard on 16 April 2006 as MCGS 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.[1] Huravee was successfully refitted at Visakhapatnam Naval Dockyard in November 2018. The refit was an initiative by Indian Navy to boost its diplomatic outreach to friendly foreign navies in the Indian Ocean Region.[3]

In Maldivian service, the Huravee was replaced by a newer INS Tarmugli (T91) in May 2023<,[4][5] and the former INS Tillanchang was transferred back to India. After inspections, the decision was taken to refit and recommission the older patrol vessel. The former Tillanchang was recommissioned into the Indian Navy as INS Tarmugli in memory of the patrol vessel donated to the Maldives as the newer MCGS Huravee.[6]


References

  1. 1 2 "Trinkat Class". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "No rescue for Police Jawans of Tillanchang Island". andamansheekha.com. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Indian Navy completes refit of Maldivian Coast Guard Ship Huravee". Bangalore Mirror. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Eastern Naval Command bids farewell to INS Tarmugli in Visakhapatnam". 7 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Rajnath Singh hands over Fast Patrol Vessel, Landing Craft Assault ship to Maldives". 2 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "COMMISSIONING OF INS TARMUGLI". 13 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.


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