The ''Saryu'' class of offshore patrol vessels (OPV) are advanced patrol ships of the

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built at the

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. 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.

Design and development

''Saryu'' class was derived from ''Sankalp''-class vessels built for the

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. The ships were designed by GSL's in-house design team and built at a cost of . The vessels are powered by two

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diesel engines rated at a combined , each driving a

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WCP 5C10 controllable-pitch propeller through a reduction gearbox.

Ships of the class

The first ship, was launched on 30 March 2009 in the presence of Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta. INS Saryu was handed over to the Navy on 21 December 2012 and was commissioned on 21 January 2013 at

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, by the Commander-in-Chief of

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, Air Marshal P K Roy. 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. The three remaining ships were delivered subsequently with an interval of six months each. INS ''Sumitra'', the fourth and last OPV, was delivered to the Navy by GSL on 16 July 2014. Two ships were delivered to

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in 2017 and 2018.

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