Indian Navy ship in Mauritius for National Day celebrations

NEW DELHI: Indian Naval Ship Tabar, a stealth frigate, today reached Port Louis in Mauritius on a four-day visit to participate in the National Day celebrations of the island country.

On the occasion of the Mauritian National Day (March 12), the ship would be fielding a marching contingent in addition to fly-past by Chetak helicopters and performance by the Indian naval band.

India and Mauritius have traditionally enjoyed close and friendly relations.

The National Day Celebrations in March last year had coincided with the Joint Commissioning of MCGS Barracuda by the Prime Ministers of both countries.

Indian Navy also undertakes regular joint exercises with nations in the Indian Ocean and INS Teg had undertaken joint patrolling with Mauritius in July, 2015.

In addition to the National Day celebrations, the experts from the ship would also impart harbour training to the National Coast Guard of Mauritius.

The training would cover a wide spectrum of maritime activities, including anti-piracy drills, board-search-and- seizure of ships at sea, use of special equipments and weapons, engineering and preventive maintenance capsules, training on radar, chart plotting, GPS operations for coastal surveillance radar system, damage control and fire fighting.