INS Ajay (1960)

For other ships with the same name, see INS Ajay.

History
India
Name	INS Ajay
Builder	Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata
Fate	Transferred to Bangladesh
General characteristics
Class & type	Ajay-class patrol vessel
Displacement	120 tons (standard) 151 tons (full)
Length	35.7 m (117 ft 2 in)
Beam	6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Draught	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Paxman YHAXM diesel engines 1,000  hp (750 kW) 2 shafts
Complement	35
Armament	1 x Bofors 40 mm gun 4 x GIAT 20 mm F2 AA gun

INS Ajay was the first warship ^{[1] [2]} built in Independent India ^[3] and the namesake of the Ajay-class patrol vessels. She was built by the Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers (Now Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers) and was delivered to the Indian Navy on 21 September 1960.^{[ citation needed ]}

In July 1974 the Indian Navy gave her to the Bangladesh Navy. ^[4] (Her sister ship INS Akshay (P3136) had been transferred as BNS Padma in 1973). INS Ajay served in the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Surma.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy

References

1. "Indian Navy Indigenisation Present State". Indian Navy. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
2. "Achievements & Highlights". Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
3. "Keel Laying of Fast Patrol Vessel at GRSE". Sainik Samachar. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
4. "Surma (6124889)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 19 November 2019.