INS Saryu
{{Short description|Indian Saryu-class patrol vessel}}
{{distinguish|text=INS Sarayu (P54), an Indian Navy ship of the Sukanya class, which was sold to the Sri Lanka Navy}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:INS Saryu en-route to Phuket.jpg | Ship caption = INS Saryu en-route to Phuket. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = India | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}} | Ship name = INS Saryu | Ship namesake = Saryu river | Ship owner = | Ship operator = {{navy|India}} | Ship registry = | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Goa Shipyard Limited | Ship original cost = {{INRConvert|6.2|b|0}} | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 30 March 2009 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = 21 December 2012 | Ship commissioned = 21 January 2013 | Ship status = Active | Ship identification = Pennant number: P54{{cite web|title=Offshore Patrol Vessel – Sukanya Class|url=http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ships?page=0,8|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=13 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106012224/http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/naval-fleet/ships?page=0%2C8|archive-date=6 January 2014|df=dmy-all}} | Ship motto = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Saryu-class patrol vessel | Ship type = | Ship tonnage = {{convert|2300|t}} | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|105|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|12.9|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship height = {{convert|3.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship power = 2 x 7790 kW engines | Ship propulsion = Two SEMT Pielstick diesel engines | Ship speed = {{convert|25|kn}} | Ship range = {{convert|6000|km}} at {{convert|16|kn}} | Ship endurance = Two months | Ship troops = | Ship complement = Eight officers and 105 sailors | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = *1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun
| Ship armour = | Ship aircraft = 1x HAL Dhruv or 1x HAL Chetak{{cite news|title=INS Saryu to be commissioned on Monday|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/306489/ins-saryu-commissioned-monday.html|access-date=20 January 2013|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=19 January 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925211735/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/306489/ins-saryu-commissioned-monday.html|archive-date=25 September 2015}} | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = }} |
INS Saryu is the first {{sclass|Saryu|patrol vessel|1}} of the Indian Navy, designed and constructed indigenously by the Goa Shipyard Limited. The ship is home-ported at Port Blair, under the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC). She is the largest offshore patrol vessel in the navy.{{cite news|title=Navy receives warship INS Saryu from GSL|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/navy-receives-warship-ins-saryu-from-gsl_818134.html|access-date=20 January 2013|newspaper=Zee News|date=21 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130182235/http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/navy-receives-warship-ins-saryu-from-gsl_818134.html|archive-date=30 January 2013}}{{cite news|title=Navy receives warship INS Saryu from GSL|url=http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/navy-receives-warship-ins-saryugsl/97923/|access-date=20 January 2013|newspaper=Business Standard|date=19 January 2013}}
Design and development
The Saryu-class patrol vessels were ordered for the navy by the Ministry of Defence in December 2008, for performing coastal patrol. Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) became the first Indian shipyard to have designed and constructed this class of warship completely indigenously.
Saryu is the most advanced vessel to be constructed by GSL in terms of design, performance and quality. The ship has been designed by an in-house team and was built at the cost of {{INRConvert|6.2|b|0}}. Construction of the vessel took three and a half years, and was delayed due to late supply of gearboxes by the Indian supplier. A new order for the gearboxes was then placed with another manufacturer, which delivered them in early December 2011. Saryu was then completed by November 2012. Three more vessels of the class are being constructed for the navy, and all will be delivered by 18 months (from the commissioning of Saryu), each at an interval of six months.{{cite web|title=INS Saryu Class Stealth OPVs|url=http://idp.justthe80.com/naval-projects/offshore-patrol-vessels/ins-saryu-class-stealth-opvs|work=Naval Projects|access-date=20 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123032253/http://idp.justthe80.com/naval-projects/offshore-patrol-vessels/ins-saryu-class-stealth-opvs|archive-date=23 January 2013}}{{cite news|title=Delay in Modernisation Program|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=77405|access-date=20 January 2013|newspaper=Press Information Bureau|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215061827/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=77405|archive-date=15 December 2012}}{{cite news|title=Indian Navy to commission indigenously built NOPV INS Saryu|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Indian-Navy-to-commission-indigenously-built-NOPV-INS-Saryu/articleshow/18082884.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118061904/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-19/goa/36431853_1_naval-offshore-patrol-vessel-ins-saryu-indian-navy|url-status=live|archive-date=18 January 2014|access-date=20 January 2013|newspaper=The Times of India|date=19 January 2013}}{{cite web|title=India about to commission OPV INS Saryu|url=http://navaltoday.com/2013/01/18/indian-navy-about-to-commission-opv-ins-saryu-into-service/|publisher=Naval Today|access-date=20 January 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121024355/http://navaltoday.com/2013/01/18/indian-navy-about-to-commission-opv-ins-saryu-into-service/|archive-date=21 January 2013}}{{cite news|title=INS Saryu ready for commissioning|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/business/ins-saryu-ready-commissioning|access-date=20 January 2013|newspaper=Navhind Times|date=19 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224130227/http://www.navhindtimes.in/business/ins-saryu-ready-commissioning|archive-date=24 February 2014}}
INS Saryu was launched on 30 March 2009 by the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta.{{cite web|author=PTI |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-30/india/28014025_1_patrol-vessel-value-ships-and-fleet-ships-and-fleet-support |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716015536/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-30/india/28014025_1_patrol-vessel-value-ships-and-fleet-ships-and-fleet-support |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 July 2012 |title=Indian Navy launches patrol vessel |date=30 March 2009 |work=The Times of India |access-date=12 January 2013}} The navy took delivery of the ship on 21 December 2012{{cite web | url = http://www.goashipyard.co.in/NewsEventsDetails.aspx?id={0050-0108-0148-0128-0161-0192-0225-0256} | title = GSL delivers Indian Navy's largest patrol vessel Y-1194 (INS Saryu) | publisher = Goa Shipyard Limited | date = 21 December 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185946/http://www.goashipyard.co.in/NewsEventsDetails.aspx?id=%7B0050-0108-0148-0128-0161-0192-0225-0256%7D | archive-date = 4 March 2016 }}{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/navy-receives-warship-ins-saryu-from-gsl_818134.html |title=Navy receives warship INS Saryu from GSL |publisher=Zeenews.india.com |date=21 December 2012 |access-date=12 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230064713/http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/navy-receives-warship-ins-saryu-from-gsl_818134.html |archive-date=30 December 2012 }} and she was commissioned on 21 January 2013 at Vasco da Gama, by the Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC), Air Marshal P.K. Roy.{{cite web|title=INS Saryu commissioned near Andaman and Nicobar islands|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ins-saryu-commissioned-near-andaman-and-nicobar-islands/articleshow/18113478.cms|work=The Economic Times|access-date=21 January 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827235756/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ins-saryu-commissioned-near-andaman-and-nicobar-islands/articleshow/18113478.cms|archive-date=27 August 2017}}
Description
The ship has a range of {{convert|6000|km|nmi}}, and can remain deployed at sea for two months without replenishment. She is crewed by eight officers and 105 sailors. She is armed with an Italian-made OTO Melara {{convert|76|mm|in|adj=on}} gun; two Russian-made AK-630 six-barrelled {{convert|30|mm|in|adj=on}} close-in weapon systems (CIWS), and six self-protection chaff launchers, all of which are controlled by an on-board electro-optic fire-control system.{{cite news|title=INS Saryu Joins Indian Navy Fleet|url=http://navaltoday.com/2013/01/22/ins-saryu-joins-indian-navy-fleet/|access-date=16 July 2013|newspaper=Naval Today|date=22 January 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308113715/http://navaltoday.com/2013/01/22/ins-saryu-joins-indian-navy-fleet|archive-date=8 March 2013}} She also has navigational and early warning radars, and an integrated electronic warfare system. She carries two rigid inflatable fast-motor boats alongside a multi-role helicopter like the HAL Dhruv or HAL Chetak.{{cite web|title=INS Saryu – First Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV) Commissioned at Goa|url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/print/1708|publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=15 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923190606/http://indiannavy.nic.in/print/1708|archive-date=23 September 2013}}
Propulsion and power are electronically controlled by a remote-control system, and the power management system is automatic. A fully integrated LAN and a CCTV management system is used to increase efficiency of the crew and optimally utilise the ship's equipment. Propulsion is provided by two SEMT Pielstick diesel engines, which are the largest engines of their type in the Indian Navy, and propel the ship to more than {{convert|25|kn}}.
Service history
Saryu is home-ported at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, under the ANC. Her first commanding officer is Commander Amanpreet Singh, who will be commanding a ship for the second time. The ship will enhance the off-shore surveillance and maritime patrolling capability of the A&N command, where she will be used to patrol India's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and sea lines of communication. She will also perform anti-piracy patrols and fleet-support operations like providing security to off-shore installations and escorting high-value assets.
Gallery
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|File:Eastern most Island of Andaman & Nicobar Islands onboard Indian Navy Landing Craft Utility (IN LCU) 58 & accompanied by INS Saryu & IN LCU 54. (cropped).jpg
|Indian Navy Landing Craft Utility IN LCU 58 & IN LCU 54 accompanied by INS Saryu (P54).
|File:INS Saryu (P54) carrying the victory flame of Swarnim Vijay Varsh through the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (cropped).jpg
|INS Saryu (P54) carrying the victory flame of Swarnim Vijay Varsh through the Andaman & Nicobar Islands
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References
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