SLNS Sindurala
{{Short description|Sri Lanka Navy Saryu-class patrol vessel}}
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SLNS Sindurala ({{Langx|si|සිඳුරළ|Sin̆durala}}) pennant number P624 (Sindurala, in English: Soft Waves) is an advanced offshore patrol vessel (AOPV) of the Sri Lankan Navy. It is the sister ship of {{Ship|SLNS|Sayurala|2016|6}}.
On February 2014 contract was signed by Government of Sri Lanka and Goa Shipyard for the two Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessels (AOPVs) for the Sri Lankan Navy and the production of the first AOPV began on 15 May 2014.{{cite web|url=http://news.navy.lk/eventnews/2017/07/28/201707281215/|title=Sri Lanka Navy warmly welcomes its brand-new AOPV at Colombo harbour|publisher=Sri Lanka Navy - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka|access-date=2025-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174405/http://news.navy.lk/eventnews/2017/07/28/201707281215/|archive-date=2017-08-04|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://goashipyard.in/notice-board/gallery/news-and-events/slns-sayurala-advanced-offshore-patrol-vessel-made-by-gsl-for-sri-lanka/|title=SLNS Sayurala Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel, Made By GSL For Sri Lanka, Embarks On Its Maiden Voyage To Sri Lanka|publisher=Goa Shipyard|access-date=2025-02-21}}
Operations
After the Sri Lankan Navy received the ship, it was equipped with the Israel
As its first overseas deployment, SLNS Sindurala took part in Australian maritime exercise, KAKADU 2018 with a complement of 150 personnel, including 26 officers and 124 sailors.{{cite web|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=190058|title=SLNS Sindurala set sail for Australia for Naval Exercise KAKADU 2018|publisher=island.lk|access-date=2025-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914132010/http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=190058|archive-date=2018-09-14|url-status=live}}
Gallery
File:SriLanka-Independence - 4 Feb 2019 (21).jpg|SLNS Sindurala during Independence Day parade
File:SLNS Sindurala and INS Sumedha during SLINEX 2019.jpg|SLNS Sindurala and INS Sumedha during SLINEX 2019
References
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External links
- [http://www.navy.lk Sri Lanka Navy]
{{Saryu-class patrol vessel}}
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