Jayasagara-class patrol craft

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Class overview
NameJayasagara
Builders Colombo Dockyard
CompletedTwo
General characteristics
TypeOffshore patrol vessel
Displacement330 tons full load
Length39.8 metres
Beam7 metres
Draught2.2 meters
Propulsion2 × diesel engines, 2 shafts, 2,040 bhp
Speed15 knots
Complement52
Sensors and
processing systems		civil navigation radar and day/night Optics.
Armament1 dual 25mm, 2 dual 14.5mm, 1 40mm L/70? and additional armaments.
Aircraft carriednone
Aviation facilitiesnone

The Jayasagara class is a class of Offshore patrol vessels that are part of the Sri Lankan Navy and have been locally built. [1]

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History

Built by Colombo Dockyard Limited for the Sri Lankan Navy in the early 1980s, these were the first warships built in Sri Lanka in modern times. Designed for off shore patrol and naval fire support on coastal areas they have seen action with the Sri Lankan Navy for more than 20 years. [2] [3]

Two ships of this class were built. Currently one is still in service while the other was lost due to a suicide attack carried out by the LTTE. Mostly used for patrol duties, they have been deployed on many occasions to support amphibious operations carried out by the navy along with the Sri Lanka Army. [3]

On October 2, 2021, the SLNS Jayesagara was decommissioned. [4]

Ships

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedStatus
SLNS Jayesagara (P601) Colombo 19831983Decommissioned [1]
SLNS Sagarawardena (P602) Colombo 19831983Sunk [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "PoW swap - 11 for the return of 7". sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. ↑ "Sri Lanka Navy". news.navy.lk. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  3. 1 2 SLNS Jayasagara , retrieved 2021-09-28
  4. ↑ https://www.dailynews.lk/2021/10/02/local/260824/slns-%E2%80%98jayasagara%E2%80%99-decommissioned
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