Saryu-class patrol vessel

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INS Saryu en-route to Phuket,Thailand.
Class overview
NameSaryu class
Builders Goa Shipyard Limited
Operators
Preceded by Sukanya class
Succeeded by
Planned6
Completed6
Active6
General characteristics
Type Offshore patrol vessel
Displacement2,230 t (2,190 long tons; 2,460 short tons) [1]
Length105 m (344 ft) [2]
Beam12.9 m (42 ft) [3]
Draught4.9 m (16 ft) [1]
Propulsion2 × Pielstick PA 6B STC diesel engines, 21,725 PS (15,979 kW) [1]
Speed25 kn (46 km/h) [3]
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h) [1]
Complement16 officers and 102 sailors [2]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Sperry Bridgemaster I-band navigation radar
  • EON-51 electro-optical FCS [1]
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Sanket Mk III Electronic Support System
  • Communication Intelligence System ELK 7036
  • 4 × Kavach chaff launchers [4] [1]
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × HAL Dhruv [1]

The Saryu class of offshore patrol vessels (OPV) are advanced patrol ships of the Indian Navy built at the Goa Shipyard Limited. These vessels are capable of ocean surveillance and monitoring and can maintain control of shipping lanes. They can also be deployed to provide security to offshore oil installations, and other naval assets. [3]

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Design and development

Saryu class was derived from Sankalp-class vessels built for the Indian Coast Guard. [5] The ships were designed by GSL's in-house design team and built at a cost of ₹ 2,452 crore (equivalent to ₹55 billionorUS$690 million in 2023). [2] [6] The vessels are powered by two Pielstick diesel engines rated at a combined 21,725 metric horsepower (15,979 kW), each driving a Wärtsilä WCP 5C10 controllable-pitch propeller through a reduction gearbox. [7] [8]

Construction

The first ship, INS Saryu was launched on 30 March 2009 in the presence of Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta. [9] INS Saryu was handed over to the Navy on 21 December 2012 [10] [11] and was commissioned on 21 January 2013 at Vasco da Gama, by the Commander-in-Chief of Andaman and Nicobar Command, Air Marshal P K Roy. [2] [12]

The second ship, INS Sunayna, was handed over to the Indian Navy on 2 September 2013; her first CO was to be Cdr Aftab Ahmed Khan. [13] The three remaining ships were delivered subsequently with an interval of six months each. [12] INS Sumitra, the fourth and last OPV, was delivered to the Navy by GSL on 16 July 2014. [14] Two ships were delivered to Sri Lankan Navy in 2017 and 2018.

Ships of the class

NamePennantKeel laidLaunchedDeliveredCommissionedHome portStatus
Naval Ensign of India.svg  Indian Navy
Saryu P54 [15] 15 December 2006 [1] 30 March 2009 [16] 21 December 2012 [17] 21 January 2013 [2] Port BlairActive
Sunayna P57 [15] 25 September 2007 [1] 14 November 2009 [1] 2 September 2013 [13] [18] 15 October 2013 [1] Kochi [13] [18]
Sumedha P587 May 2008 [1] 21 May 2011 [19] [1] 14 January 2014 [17] 7 March 2014 [20] [21] Port Blair
Sumitra P5928 April 2010 [1] 6 December 2010 [1] 16 July 2014 [14] 4 September 2014Chennai [22]
Naval Ensign of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Navy
Sayurala P62310 September 201411 June 2016 [23] 22 July 2017 [24] 2 August 2017 [25] Colombo Active
Sindurala [26] P6249 May 2015 [27] 2 May 2017 [28] 22 March 2018 [29] 19 April 2018 [30]

Operators

See also

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