PS Topaz was a 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. The Seychelles has a strategic location close to 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 , was transferred in 2014.
It participated in anti-piracy action of 30 March 2010.
She was decommissioned on 8 May 2026 and scuttled off Conception Island on 9 May 2026 to create an artificial reef and dive site.
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