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|Name=''Ajay'' class
|Builders= [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers]]
|Operators=  *{{navy|India}}
*{{navy|Bangladesh}}
*Mauritius Navy/Coast Guard
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|Ship type= [[Patrol vessel]]
|Ship displacement=*120 tons (standard)
* 151 tons (full)
|Ship length= {{convert|35.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|6.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught= {{convert|1.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion= * 2 Paxman YHAXM [[diesel engine]]s
* {{cvt|1000|hp|lk=on}}} 
*2 shafts
|Ship speed= {{convert|18|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range= {{convert|500|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn}}
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|Ship complement= 35
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|Ship armament=*1 x [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm gun]]
*4 x [[20 mm modèle F2 gun|GIAT 20 mm F2 AA gun]]
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The '''''Ajay''-class patrol vessels''' were built by [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers]] in the 1960s. The lead vessel, {{INS|Ajay|1960|6}} was the first warship built in Independent India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/present-state|title=Indian Navy Indigenisation Present State |publisher=Indian Navy|access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grse.in/index.php/achievements/achievement-highlights|title=Achievements & Highlights |publisher=Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd|access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2017/may16-17/h4.htm|title=Keel Laying of Fast Patrol Vessel at GRSE |publisher=Sainik Samachar|access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> They were sometimes viewed as a variant of the {{sclass2|Ford|seaward defence boat|1}}s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/bangladesh/bns-padma.htm|title=BNS Padma - Coastal Patrol Craft (Akshay / Ajay Class) |publisher=globalsecurity.org|access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref> Two were transferred to the [[Bangladesh Navy]] and one to Mauritius; later versions could have different armament

== Ships ==
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! Name
! Builder
! Commissioned
! Fate
! Comments
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| {{INS|Ajay|1960|2}}
| rowspan=6 |  [[Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers|GRSE]] 
| 1961 
| Transferred to Bangladesh Navy on 26 July 1974 
| Transferred to the [[Bangladesh Navy]]  on 26 July 1974, served as {{ship|BNS|Surma|1974|6}} and was eventually decommissioned
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| {{INS|Amar||2}}
| 11 July 1969<ref name="orbat.info.ipv">{{cite web|url=http://www.orbat.info/cimh/navy/Indian_Navy_Inshore_Patrol_Vessels.pdf |title=Indian Navy’s Inshore Patrol Vessels|publisher=Orbat.info | access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>
| Decommissioned March 1974
| Transferred to Mauritius and commissioned as MNS ''Amar'' on 3 April 1974. She was later re-commissioned in the Mauritius Coast Guard as CGS ''Amar'' on 24 July 1987. She served as Mauritius's only naval vessel for over two decades, and was decommissioned on 19 March 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://idsa.in/africatrends/the-mauritius-india-naval-relationship%3A-naval-diplomacy|title= The Mauritius-India Naval Relationship: Naval Diplomacy 2.0 |publisher=idsa.in |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mauritianphilatelicblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/40-years-of-maritime-wing-of-mauritius.html|title= 40 Years of the Maritime Wing of the Mauritius Police Force (1974-2014) | publisher=mauritianphilatelicblog|access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
| {{INS|Ajit||2}}
| 9 December 1969<ref name="orbat.info.ipv"/>
| Decommissioned July 1971
| Foundered
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| {{INS|Atul||2}}
| 11 June 1970<ref name="orbat.info.ipv"/>
| Decommissioned 1980s
| 
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| {{INS|Akshay|P3136|2}}
| Unknown
| Transferred to [[Bangladesh Navy]] on 12 April 1973<ref name="orbat.info.ipv"/>
| Transferred to Bangladesh Navy on 12 April 1973<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil.bd/bn_history2.php|title=Bangladesh Navy History|publisher=Bangladesh Navy|accessdate=5 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206003532/http://www.navy.mil.bd/bn_history2.php|archive-date=6 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and served as {{ship|BNS|Padma|1973|6}} and was eventually decommissioned
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| {{INS|Abhay||2}}
| 13 November 1961
| Decommissioned 20 June 1980<ref name="orbat.info.ipv"/>
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== References ==
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