Indian Navy commissioned INS Tarmugli, a Fast Attack Craft FAC, at an impressive ceremony held at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam under the aegis of ENC on 14 Dec 2023. VAdm Sandeep Naithani, COM was the Chief Guest for Ceremony. The ship is a Trinkat Class FAC which was gifted to Maldivian Naval Defence Forces MNDF in 2006 by GoI. The ship was returned to Indian Navy in May this year, which also provided an in-service Waterjet Fast Attack Craft, to MNDF as the new MCGS Huravee. Post extensive restoration work by Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, the FAC has been reincarnated in its present avatar. The warship is fitted with MTU engines, the latest communication equipment, a 30 mm gun and an advanced Radar system and will be extensively used for coastal surveillance and protection of our ODAs in KG Basin area along East Coast of India. INS Tarmugli is being commanded by Cdr Satpal Singh Sangwan and would operate under the NOIC(Andhra Pradesh). The 46 metre ship, named after a picturesque island in Andaman group, displaces 320-tonne and can achieve speeds in excess of 30 knots.
