Saryu-class patrol vessel

INS Saryu en-route to Phuket,Thailand.
Class overview
NameSaryu class
BuildersGoa Shipyard Limited
Operators
Preceded bySukanya class
Succeeded by
Planned6
Completed6
Active6
General characteristics
TypeOffshore 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]

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 billion or US$640 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

Name Pennant Keel laid Launched Delivered Commissioned Home port Status
 Indian Navy
Saryu P54[15] 15 December 2006[1] 30 March 2009[16] 21 December 2012[17] 21 January 2013[2] Port Blair Active
Sunayna P57[15] 25 September 2007[1] 14 November 2009[1] 2 September 2013[13][18] 15 October 2013[1] Kochi[13][18]
Sumedha P58 7 May 2008[1] 21 May 2011[19][1] 14 January 2014[17] 7 March 2014[20][21] Port Blair
Sumitra P59 28 April 2010[1] 6 December 2010[1] 16 July 2014[14] 4 September 2014 Chennai[22]
 Sri Lanka Navy
Sayurala P623 10 September 2014 11 June 2016[23] 22 July 2017[24] 2 August 2017[25] Colombo Active
Sindurala[26] P624 9 May 2015[27] 2 May 2017[28] 22 March 2018[29] 19 April 2018[30]

Operators

Saryu-class ships at sea

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e Fernandes, Krish (19 January 2013). "Indian Navy to commission indigenously built NOPV INS Saryu". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Indian navy launches patrol vessel". Mint. HT Media. Press Trust of India. 30 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Navy to commission INS Sumitra on 4 September". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 2 September 2014.
  5. ^ Hardy, James (February 2013). "Indian Navy commissions first-in-class Saryu OPV". IHS Jane's Navy International. 118 (1). Jane's Information Group. ISSN 2048-3457.
  6. ^ "Naval OPV launched". StratPost. 7 December 2010.
  7. ^ "Propulsion Solutions for Offshore Patrol Vessels" (PDF). Wärtsilä. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Naval offshore Patrol Vessel "Sumitra" Launched" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 6 December 2010.
  9. ^ "Indian Navy launches patrol vessel". The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  10. ^ "GSL delivers Indian Navy's largest patrol vessel Y-1194 (INS Saryu)". Goa Shipyard Limited. 21 December 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Navy receives warship INS Saryu from GSL". Zee News. Press Trust of India. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  12. ^ a b "INS Saryu commissioned near Andaman and Nicobar islands". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  13. ^ a b c Fernandes, Joaquim (2 September 2013). "Goa shipyard limited hands over new patrol vessel to Indian navy". The Times of India.
  14. ^ a b "Goa Shipyard Limited delivers INS Sumitra to Indian Navy". The Times of India. 18 July 2014.
  15. ^ a b "Offshore Patrol Vessel – Sukanya Class". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  16. ^ "INS Saryu commissioned". The Hindu. 1 April 2009.
  17. ^ a b "Goa Shipyard Limited touches 200 mark, largest NOPV handed over to Navy". The Times of India. 15 January 2014.
  18. ^ a b "Goa Shipyard hands over patrol vessel to Navy". The Hindu. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  19. ^ "Hon'ble Raksha Mantri to Commission GSL Modernisation Project" (Press release). Goa Shipyard Limited. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  20. ^ Kamat, Prakash (7 March 2014). "INS Sumedha commissioned". Business Line. Mormugao.
  21. ^ "INS Sumedha Joins Indian Navy" (Press release). Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  22. ^ "Navy's largest patrolling vessel INS Sumitra commissioned". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 4 September 2014.
  23. ^ "Offshore Patrol Vessel built for SL Navy launched". The Daily Mirror. 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  24. ^ Dominguez, Gabriel (24 July 2017). "Sri Lanka Navy receives largest warship to date". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017.
  25. ^ "HE the President commissions new AOPV of SL Navy on ceremonial note" (Press release). Sri Lanka Navy. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  26. ^ "Re-docking of Navy's second Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel" (Press release). Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  27. ^ "GSL DELIVERED 2ND 2500 TONS LARGE AOPV TO SRI LANKAN NAVY, 25 DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE" (Press release). Goa Shipyard Limited.
  28. ^ "New Navy vessel officially launched at Goa Shipyard" (Press release). Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka). 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  29. ^ "India's Goa Shipyard delivers second OPV to Sri Lankan Navy". Naval Today. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  30. ^ "SLNS Sindurala joins Navy fleet" (Press release). Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka). 20 April 2018.