She was formerly, INS Sarayu, a Sukanya-classpatrol 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.[2]
Sayura was tasked with deep sea patrolling both within the Sri Lankan territorial waters and in international waters to curb arms smuggling by the LTTE. During the 4th Ealam war after undergoing a major refit in India, Sayura, along with other OPVs of the Sri Lanka Navy, has successfully intercepted several ships smuggling arms for the LTTE. In all these cases the ships were sunk when the LTTE Sea Tigers attacked the naval vessels with mortars. Sayura also participated in the Cadex 2009 military training exercises with the Indian Navy after the war ended. [3]
Captain (Later CMDE while commanding) KKVPH De Silva WWV, USP
CMDE SWC Mohotty MSc (DS) Mgmt)
CMDE NAN Sarathsena RSP, MSc (DS) Mgmt.
CMDE WASS Perera RWP, RSP, USP, psc
INS Sarayuedit
Commissioned 10 April 1991, INS Sarayu (P54) served with the Indian Navy until she was sold to Sri Lanka on 1 November 2000.
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^. Ministry of Defence and Urban Development - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. 6 October 2009. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
slns, sayura, p620, slns, sayura, sayura, sinhalese, former, flagship, offshore, patrol, vessel, lanka, navy, slns, sayura, slns, sayura, colombo, harbour, march, 2017history, india, nameins, sarayu, builderhindustan, shipyard, limited, launched16, october, 19. SLNS Sayura Sayura in Sinhalese Sea is the former flagship and an offshore patrol vessel OPV of the Sri Lanka Navy SLNS Sayura SLNS Sayura at Colombo Harbour in March 2017History India NameINS Sarayu BuilderHindustan Shipyard Limited Launched16 October 1989 Commissioned8 October 1991 Decommissioned1 November 2000 HomeportINS Virbahu Visakhapatnam FateSold to Sri Lanka Navy 1 November 2000 Sri Lanka NameSLNS Sayura Acquired1 November 2000 Commissioned2000 HomeportSLN Dockyard Trincomalee StatusActive General characteristics Class and typeSukanya class patrol vessel 1 Displacement1 890 tons full load 1 Length101 m 331 ft Beam11 5 m 38 ft Propulsion2 diesel engines 12 800 bhp 9 540 kW 2 shafts Speed22 knots 41 km h 25 mph Range7 000 nmi 13 000 km 8 100 mi at 15 knots 28 km h 17 mph Complement140 incl 15 officers Sensors and processing systems1 Racal Decca 2459 search radar 1 BEL 1245 navigation radar Armament1 40 mm 60 cal Bofors anti aircraft gun 2 12 7 mm machine guns Aircraft carried1 HAL Chetak 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 2 Contents 1 Operations 2 Commanding officers 3 INS Sarayu 4 References 5 External linksOperations editSayura was tasked with deep sea patrolling both within the Sri Lankan territorial waters and in international waters to curb arms smuggling by the LTTE During the 4th Ealam war after undergoing a major refit in India Sayura along with other OPVs of the Sri Lanka Navy has successfully intercepted several ships smuggling arms for the LTTE In all these cases the ships were sunk when the LTTE Sea Tigers attacked the naval vessels with mortars Sayura also participated in the Cadex 2009 military training exercises with the Indian Navy after the war ended 3 In 2017 it sailed to Langkawi to take part in LIMA 2017 with a detachment of the newly formed Marine battalion 4 Commanding officers editThe first Sri Lankan Navy officer to Captain the ship was then Captain SMAJ Perera USP psc Since then it has been commanded by Captain Later CMDE while commanding AARA Dias RSP USP psc MSc DS Captain AR Amarasinghe RSP USP psc Captain RC Wijegunaratne WV RWP RSP psn Captain DMS Dissanayake RWP psc Captain Later CMDE while commanding KKVPH De Silva WWV USP CMDE SWC Mohotty MSc DS Mgmt CMDE NAN Sarathsena RSP MSc DS Mgmt CMDE WASS Perera RWP RSP USP pscINS Sarayu editCommissioned 10 April 1991 INS Sarayu P54 served with the Indian Navy until she was sold to Sri Lanka on 1 November 2000 References edit a b Title unknown Archived from the original on June 19 2009 Title unknown PDF Archived from the original pdf on December 12 2006 Sri Lanka and India Navy conduct joint naval training exercise Ministry of Defence and Urban Development Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 6 October 2009 Archived from the original on 29 February 2012 Retrieved 2009 10 16 Sayura leaves for Malaysia to attend LIMA 2017External links editSri Lanka Navy Defenders of the ocean receive heroes welcome on their triumphant return to home base Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SLNS Sayura P620 amp oldid 1214135657, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
