INS Sarayu (P54)

History
India
Name	INS Sarayu
Builder	Hindustan Shipyard Limited
Launched	16 October 1989
Commissioned	8 October 1991
Identification	Pennant number: P54
Fate	Sold in 2000 to Sri Lanka Navy
Status	Decommissioned
Sri Lanka
Builder	Hindustan Shipyard Limited
Laid down	25 June 1988
Launched	16 October 1989
Acquired	2000
Commissioned	2000
Homeport	SLN Dockyard, Trincomalee
Fate	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Sukanya class patrol vessel
Displacement	1,890 tons (full load)
Length	101 metres
Beam	11.5 metres
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines, 12,800 bhp (9,540 kW), 2 shafts
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h)
Range	7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	140 (incl 15 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × Racal Decca 2459 search radar; 1 BEL 1245 navigation radar;
Armament	1 × 40 mm, 60-cal Bofors anti-aircraft gun; 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns;
Aircraft carried	1 HAL Chetak

INS Sarayu was a Template:Sclass- of the Indian Navy.^[1]

Sarayu was sold to the Sri Lanka Navy, where she was named as SLNS Sayura. 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.^{[citation needed]}

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