PS Topaz
{{other ships|INS Tarmugli}}
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PS Topaz is a {{sclass|Trinkat|patrol vessel}} owned and operated by the Seychelles Coast Guard. She was formerly operated by the Indian Navy as INS Tarmugli (T64). India, like China and the United Arab Emirates, have helped equip the Seychelles Coast Guard with patrol vessels. India, China, and the UAE helped equip the tiny Seychelles with these patrol vessels due to its strategic location, very near the area off the Horn of Africa that is notorious for pirate attacks.
In 2005, she was the first vessel India turned over to Seychelles. A sister ship, re-christened {{ship|PS|Constant}}, was transferred in 2014.
It participated in anti-piracy action of 30 March 2010.
References
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{{cite news
| url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/439973/dhowan-hand-over-fast-attack.html
| title = Dhowan to hand over Fast Attack Craft to Seychelles tomorrow
| newspaper = Deccan Herald
| author =
| date = 2014-11-06
| page =
| location = New Delhi
| accessdate = 2017-02-15
| quote = INS Tarasa, which has been recently refitted at Naval Dockyard Mumbai, will join her sister ship SCG Topaz as part of the Indian Navy's assistance to Seychelles Coast Guard in capacity building towards meeting her maritime security needs.
}}
{{cite news
| url = https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/ins-tarasa-becomes-ps-constant
| title = 'INS Tarasa' becomes 'PS Constant'
| publisher = Indian Navy
| author =
| date = 2014-11-07
| page =
| location =
| accessdate = 2017-02-15
| quote = INS Tarasa (re-christened PS Constant) is the second fast Attack Craft to be gifted by the Government of India to Seychelles in the recent times, the previous being INS Tarmugli that was renamed PS Topaz.
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{{cite news
|url = http://www.bairdmaritime.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8945:uae-donates-patrol-vessels-to-seychelles&catid=73&Itemid=65
|title = UAE donates patrol vessels to Seychelles
|publisher = Workboat World
|author =
|date = 2011-01-10
|page =
|location =
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110110094905/http://www.bairdmaritime.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8945:uae-donates-patrol-vessels-to-seychelles&catid=73&Itemid=65
|archivedate = 2011-01-10
|accessdate = 2017-02-13
|url-status = dead
|quote = “The UAE pledged the donation of five maritime patrol vessels in July last year... We are deeply grateful for this gesture and we note its importance as our fight against piracy is an immediate concern, which requires swift action and concrete support from the international community," said Seychellois President Michel.
}}
{{cite news
| url = http://www.mfa.gov.sc/static.php?content_id=18&news_id=912
| title = A milestone in our relations"- Indian Navy hands over patrol ship to Seychelles Coast Guard
| publisher = Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Seychelles)
| author =
| date = 2014-10-11
| page =
| location =
| accessdate = 2017-02-15
| quote = Seychelles now has 6 patrol ships: Topaz, Constant, Andromache, Etoile, La Flèche and Le Vigilant.
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{{cite news
| url = http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/1730/India+gifts+second+patrol+ship+to+Seychelles++'PS+Constant'+has+the+youngest+Seychellois+commanding+officer
| title = India gifts second patrol ship to Seychelles – 'PS Constant' has the youngest Seychellois commanding officer
| publisher = Seychelles News Agency
| author = John Lablache, Sharon Uranie
| date = 2014-11-07
| page =
| location =
| accessdate = 2017-02-13
| quote = Apart from Etoile and Constant there are four other patrol vessels in the Seychelles Coast Guard's fleet; Topaz, Andromache (built in Italy in 1982 and funded by the Seychelles government) and La Flèche and Le Vigilant (both gifted by the UAE in 2011). - See more at: }}
{{cite news
| url = http://www.mfa.gov.sc/static.php?content_id=36&news_id=355
| title = UAE hands over 5 Coast Guard vessels
| publisher = Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Seychelles)
| author =
| date = 2011-04-01
| page =
| location =
| accessdate = 2017-02-13
| quote = Two of these patrol boats are 30 metres long and can carry around 15 people each. The first has been named La Flèche and the second is Le Vigilant.
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{{cite news
| url = http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/uae-a-vital-ally-in-piracy-war
| title = UAE a vital ally in piracy war
| publisher = The National
| author = Ramola Talwar Badam
| date = 2013-03-11
| page =
| location = Dubai
| accessdate = 2017-02-13
| quote = Over the past few years, the UAE has provided the Seychelles with a coast guard headquarters, radar stations, patrol boats and surveillance aircraft. There are now about 100 Somali pirates facing jail terms in the Seychelles and helping provide information about piracy gangs.
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