ICGS Samrat

ICGS Samrat (CG47) is an Indian Coast Guard Advanced Off Shore Patrol Vessel (OPV), second ship of Sankalp class which has been indigenously designed and built by Goa Shipyard Limited.

Samrat has made several visits to various countries as part of its bilateral efforts to promote goodwill, which are aimed at enhancing cooperation with Maritime Law Enforcement Agencies.

On 2 December 2012, Samrat led by Deputy Inspector-General Mukesh Purohit, of the Indian Coast Guard, with 22 officers and 115 sailors on board, anchored at Ho Chi Minh City port, began a 5-day friendly visit to Vietnam.

[3] On 21 October 2015, as part of goodwill visit to the South East Asian region, in the first-leg of the overseas deployment, ICGS Samrat made a port-call at the Port of Macassar, Indonesia.

[6] On 19 July 2024, Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) Mumbai of ICG received distress call container carrier MV Maersk Frankfurt 50 nm off Karwar about a major fire onboard.

Immediately, ICGS Sahet, Sujeet and Samrata long with a Dornier and a ALH Dhruv were deployed by Coast Guard District HQ No 11 (Goa) for aerial surveillance operations.