(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Indian president Ram Nath Kovind will review the Navy's fleet,
which is done by every President once in his term, later this month
in Visakhapatnam. For the review, more than 60 vessels of the Navy
and Coast Guard, all of which have been made in the country, will
participate.
The Navy said on Friday that this will be the 12th Presidential
Fleet Review – the last one was conducted in 2016 under President
Pranab Mukherjee.
According to the Navy, the fleet review is a“long-standing
tradition followed by navies all across the world” and it is“an
assembly of ships at a pre-designated place for the purpose of
displaying loyalty and allegiance to the sovereign and the
state”.
A fleet review is usually conducted once during the tenure of
the President, the Navy said. So far, 11 Presidential Fleet Reviews
have been conducted since Independence, of which two have been
International Fleet Reviews, in 2001 and 2016.“In terms of
significance, the Navy's Presidential review is second only to the
Republic Day Parade,” the Navy said in a statement.
By reviewing the ships, the head of the state,“reaffirms his
faith in the fleet and its ability to defend the nation's maritime
interest” and such an exercise is done without any“belligerent
intentions”.
A fleet review is usually conducted once during the tenure of
the President, the Navy said, adding that 11 Presidential Fleet
Reviews have been conducted since Independence, of which two have
been International Fleet Reviews, in 2001 and 2016.
“In terms of significance, the Navy's Presidential review is
second only to the Republic Day Parade,” the Navy said.
The Navy said that the review will take place on February 21,
and to commemorate the 75th year of independence, the theme of PFR
22 is 'Indian Navy – 75 years in Service of the Nation'.
More than 60 ships, including from the Coast Guard, the Shipping
Corporation of India, and the National Institute of Ocean
Technology, submarines and over 50 aircraft will participate in the
review. The ceremony will include review at the anchorage, a
steampast in a mobile column, a flypast, and parade of sails.
All the participating units, which include Indian Naval
warships, submarines, auxiliary vessels as also assets of other
maritime organisations, will be anchored in a formation of four
precise columns, and the President will review all participating
ships by 'steaming past' them, embarked on a naval vessel
designated the 'Presidential Yacht'.
“Each ship would render a salute to the Supreme Commander as the
Yacht sails past. Indian Naval aircraft would simultaneously fly
overhead the formation rendering their salute,” the Navy said.
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