Name INS Sarayu Identification Pennant number P54 Laid down 25 June 1988 Length 101 m Builder Hindustan Shipyard | Commissioned 8 October 1991 Status Decommissioned Launched 16 October 1989 Beam 12 m | |
Fate Sold in 2000 to Sri Lanka Navy | ||
INS Sarayu was a Sukanya-class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy.
Sarayu was sold to the Sri Lanka Navy, where she retained the name (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.
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