BEIJING, June 13 -- A China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel started its maiden voyage on Thursday for a three-day training mission in the South China Sea, the State Oceanic Administration said on Friday.

CCG 1401, leaving a shipbuilding company in Guangzhou, capital city of south China's Guangdong Province, is expected to complete 14 training tasks during the mission, according to the administration.

With a displacement of 5,196 tonnes, the vessel of the administration's North China Sea Branch is 99 meters long and 15.2 meters in width.