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Name | Sindurala |
Operator | Sri Lanka Navy |
Builder | Goa Shipyard |
Cost | $74 Million |
Yard number | Y 1218 |
Laid down | 10 September 2014 |
Launched | 11 June 2016 |
Acquired | 22 March 2018 [1] |
Commissioned | 19 April 2018 |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Saryu-class patrol vessel |
Type | Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel |
Displacement | 2,350 tons |
Length | 105.7 m (347 ft) |
Beam | 13.6 m (45 ft) |
Draught | 3.6 m |
Propulsion | 2 × MTU 20V 8000 M71 diesel engines |
Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 127 (incl. 19 officers) |
Armament | One Type 76 twin 37 mm naval gun, two Typhoon Mk-30c equipped with the 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster II, two Type 58 14.5 mm dual AA machine guns, multiple W85 heavy machine guns, multiple Type 80 machine guns |
Aviation facilities | Landing deck and Hangar for Advanced Light Helicopter |
SLNS Sindurala ( Sinhala: සිඳුරළ, romanized: Sin̆durala) pennant number P624 (Sindurala, in English: Soft Waves) is an advanced offshore patrol vessel (AOPV) of the Sri Lanka Navy. It is the sister ship of SLNS Sayurala.
In February 2014 contract was signed by Government of Sri Lanka and Goa Shipyard for the two Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessels (AOPVs) for the Sri Lanka Navy and the production of the first AOPV began on 15 May 2014. [2] [3]
After the Sri Lanka Navy received the ship, it was equipped with the Israel Intercepting Equipment. [4][ clarification needed] Although the ships of the Saryu class mounts a OTO Melara 76 mm as its main armament, the Navy decided to mount a Chinese Type 76 twin 37 mm naval gun as its main armament and two Typhoon Mk-30c equipped with the 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster II as its secondary armament in place of the AK-630 CIWS used in the Indian Navy. [5] [6] [7] It was commissioned into the navy on 19 April 2018. [8]
As a first overseas deployment, SLNS Sindurala took part in Australia maritime exercise, KAKADU 2018 with a complement of 150, including 26 officers and 124 sailors. [9]