INS Tarmugli (2023)

INS Tarmugli, formerly MCGS Huravee was originally INS Tillanchang, a Trinkat-class patrol vessel 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 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. 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.

In Maldivian service, the Huravee was replaced by a newer INS Tarmugli (T91) in May 2023<, 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.