SLNS Sayura (P620)
SLNS Sayura, at Colombo Harbour in March 2017 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| India | |
| Name | INS Sarayu |
| Builder | Hindustan Shipyard Limited |
| Launched | 16 October 1989 |
| Commissioned | 8 October 1991 |
| Decommissioned | 1 November 2000 |
| Homeport | INS Virbahu, Visakhapatnam |
| Fate | Sold to Sri Lanka Navy 1 November 2000 |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Name | SLNS Sayura |
| Acquired | 1 November 2000 |
| Commissioned | 2000 |
| Homeport | SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Sukanya-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 1,890 tons (full load) |
| Length | 101 m (331 ft) |
| Beam | 11.5 m (38 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × diesel engines, 12,800 bhp (9,540 kW), 2 shafts |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 140 (incl 15 officers) |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 HAL Chetak |
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SLNS Sayura (Sayura, in Sinhalese: Sea) is the former flagship and an offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Sri Lanka Navy.
She was formerly INS Sarayu, a Sukanya-class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy sold to Sri Lanka in 2000. She was upgraded with new armament in India before being delivered to the Sri Lanka Navy. India also committed to providing maintenance and refit of the ship.