SLNS Sayurala Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel launched in Goa shipyard

[Godman]

Secretary Defence graces launching ceremony of SLNS Sayurala
[June 10 2016]

Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi graced the launching ceremony of the Sri Lanka Navy Ship (SLNS) Sayurala at the Goa Shipyards Ltd in India today (10th Friday, June 2016).

According to the naval traditions, Chairperson of the Seva Vanitha Unit of the Ministry of Defence (MoD SVU) Mrs. Wasantha Gunawardena ceremonially launched the SLNS Sayurala. Commander of the Navy Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne was also present at the occasion.

Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV) SLNS Sayurala will nearly incur 74 million USD when finished. The AOPV also contains a helipad and has a displacement capacity of 2350tons. The vessel has an endurance of 4500 nautical miles for surveillance operations and can accommodate up to 18 officers and 100 sailors on board. It is 105m in length and 13.6m in width.

Joint Secretary Aeronautical and Defence Production Ministry of Defence India, Shri Sanjay Prasad, High Commissioner to Sri Lanka in India, His Excellency Esala Weerakoon and Mrs Weerakoon, Flag Officer Naval Aviation and Flag Officer Commanding Goa Area, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Puneet Kumar Bahl, former Commanders of the Indian Navy, Admiral (Retd) Arun Prakash and Admiral (Retd) Sureesh Mehta, President and Managing Director of Goa Shipyards Ltd. Rear Admiral and Mrs. Shekhar Mital, dignitaries and special invitees of the Indian government, senior officers of Indian and Sri Lanka Navies also attended the event.

Mementos were also exchanged during the ceremony to mark the event.

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[Godman]

 

[HeinzG]

What are the specifications of this ship

 

[Penguin]

Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV) SLNS Sayurala has a displacement capacity of 2350tons. It is 105m in length and 13.6m in width, and comes with a helipad. The vessel has an endurance of 4500 nautical miles for surveillance operations and can accommodate up to 18 officers and 100 sailors on board.
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname...unching_ceremony_of_SLNS_Sayurala_20160610_03


2 varieties of 105 M Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel specs
http://www.goashipyard.co.in/products_specialized_products_105_m_advanced_offshore_patrol_vessel.asp
http://www.goashipyard.co.in/produc...5_m_naval_advanced_offshore_patrol_vessel.asp

 

[Nilgiri]

I prefer the clean sloped configuration of original Saryu class OPV....but this looks great too.

Long live Indo-SL cooperation and friendship!

What helicopter will SL be operating with her?

 

[Godman]

I prefer the clean sloped configuration of original Saryu class OPV....but this looks great too.

Long live Indo-SL cooperation and friendship!

What helicopter will SL be operating with her?

Not really sure. Even though our current OPVs can carry helicopters they don't carry them
They experimented once but it didn't proceed. There have been talk about reviving the project to create a Naval aviation

 

[Ankit Kumar]

Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV) SLNS Sayurala has a displacement capacity of 2350tons. It is 105m in length and 13.6m in width, and comes with a helipad. The vessel has an endurance of 4500 nautical miles for surveillance operations and can accommodate up to 18 officers and 100 sailors on board.
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname...unching_ceremony_of_SLNS_Sayurala_20160610_03


2 varieties of 105 M Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel specs
http://www.goashipyard.co.in/products_specialized_products_105_m_advanced_offshore_patrol_vessel.asp
http://www.goashipyard.co.in/produc...5_m_naval_advanced_offshore_patrol_vessel.asp

And the likely weaponry ?
SRGM and few heavy machine guns ?

 

[Penguin]

And the likely weaponry ?
SRGM and few heavy machine guns ?

As you could have discovered by following the links, the yard offers one 105m vessel with "Provision for fitment of : 1 x 30 mm, CRN-91 gun with FCS"and the other with "Provision for fitment of : 1 x 76 mm Ottomelara gun with FCS, 2 x 30 mm CWS" with CWS=ak630

 

[Zer0reZ]

From Goa With Love: Sri Lanka Gets Biggest Warship to Date From India

To compete and counter China’s maritime influence in its backyard, India’s Goa Shipyard has delivered an advanced offshore patrol vessel (AOPV) to Sri Lanka, which is considered to be the biggest warship of the small island nation, a critical partner of India in the Indian Ocean.

Designed in-house and built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), the ship is to be commissioned into the Sri Lanka Navy as SLNS Sayurala on August 2 in Colombo. The Indian Navy said, "Ship delivered ahead of schedule and showcases close interaction between Sri Lanka Navy, Indian Navy and manufacturer GSL in the execution of the project."
"First time in the history of GSL, we are handing over two OPVs within a gap of one month, against earlier minimum interval of 5-6 months. In last 20 months, we have delivered 5 OPVs for Coast Guard, 2 FPVs & 11 FICs for Mauritius and this AOPV for Sri Lanka, besides other smaller projects, all ahead of schedule," Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital, Chairman and Managing Director of GSL, said.

The Indian government had sanctioned two OPVs for Sri Lanka in 2010 and the contract for the same was signed in April 2013. The 105.7-meter-long and 13.6-meter-wide vessels have a full-load displacement capacity of 2350 ton, with an overall beam of 13.6 meters, and a hull draught of 3.6 meters. The OPV can reach a top speed of 24 knots and accommodate a crew of 118, including 18 officers, and a helicopter on its flight deck.

"SLOPV contract is one of the major export contracts, being executed by GSL currently for friendly countries. With this, the shipyard has succeeded in reducing build period of 2500 ton OPV to nearly 3 years from 5 years taken till about 3 years back," Mittal added.
The state-of-the-art vessel is equipped with a landing and hangar facility for Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) and costs an estimated $66.55 million when it reached the completion stage of its construction.

The ship is intended to patrol, police, reconnoiter, help in surveillance, search and rescue, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) and pollution control missions in the country's maritime zone. It can also be used for external fire-fighting missions as well.