SLNS Sayura
SLNS Sayura, at Colombo Harbour in March 2017 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| India | |
| Name | INS Sarayu |
| Namesake | Sarayu River |
| Builder | Hindustan Shipyard Limited |
| Laid down | 25 June 1988 |
| Launched | 16 October 1989 |
| Commissioned | 8 October 1991 |
| Decommissioned | 1 November 2000 |
| Home port | INS Virbahu, Visakhapatnam |
| Identification | Pennant number: P54 |
| Fate | Sold to Sri Lanka Navy 1 November 2000 |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Name | SLNS Sayura |
| Acquired | 1 November 2000 |
| Commissioned | 2000 |
| Home port | 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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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 HAL Chetak |
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.
She serves as the flagship of the Sri Lanka Navy and obtained several remarkable naval victories against the naval branch of Tamil Tiger rebels (Sea Tigers). She was recently equipped with Yingi Y-82 anti-ship missiles and surface to air missiles.