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{{Short description|Indian Saryu-class patrol vessel}}
{{distinguish|text=[[INS Sarayu (P54)]], an Indian Navy ship of the [[Sukanya-class patrol vessel|Sukanya class]], which was sold to the [[Sri Lanka Navy]]}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}{{italic title|string=Saryu}}

{{Infobox ship
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| image = INS Saryu en-route to Phuket.jpg
| image_caption = INS ''Saryu'' en-route to [[Phuket]].
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|section2={{Infobox ship/career
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| country = India
| flag = {{shipboxflag|India|naval}}
| name = INS ''Saryu''
| namesake = [[Sarju|Saryu river]]
| owner =
| operator = {{navy|India}}
| registry =
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| ordered =
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| builder = [[Goa Shipyard Limited]]
| original_cost = {{INRConvert|6.2|b|0}}
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| launched = 30 March 2009
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| christened =
| completed = 21 December 2012
| commissioned = 21 January 2013
| status = Active
| identification = [[Pennant number]]: P54<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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| class = [[Saryu-class patrol vessel|''Saryu''-class patrol vessel]]
| type =
| tonnage = {{convert|2300|t}}
| displacement =
| length = {{convert|105|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| beam = {{convert|12.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|3.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| draught =
| draft =
| depth =
| decks =
| power = 2 x 7790 kW engines
| propulsion = Two [[SEMT Pielstick]] diesel engines
| speed = {{convert|25|kn}}
| range = {{convert|6000|km}} at {{convert|16|kn}}
| endurance = Two months
| troops =
| complement = Eight officers and 105 sailors
| sensors =
| EW =
| armament = *1 × [[OTO Melara 76 mm]] gun
* 2 × [[AK-630]] (30 mm [[Close-in weapon system]]s (CIWS)
* 6 × self-protection [[chaff]] launchers
* [[Fire-control system]]
| armour =
| aircraft = 1x [[HAL Dhruv]] or 1x [[Aérospatiale Alouette III#India|HAL Chetak]]<ref name=dc19>{{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}}</ref>
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'''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.<ref name=idp20j /><ref name=zn21d>{{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}}</ref><ref name=bs19>{{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}}</ref>

==Design and development==
The ''Saryu''-class patrol vessels were ordered for the navy by the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] in December 2008, for performing coastal patrol.<ref name=zn21d /> [[Goa Shipyard Limited]] (GSL) became the first Indian shipyard to have designed and constructed this class of warship completely indigenously.<ref name=bs19 />

''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}}.<ref name=dc19 /> 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.<ref name=idp20j>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=toij19>{{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}}</ref><ref name=nt20>{{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}}</ref><ref name=bs19 /><ref name=nvht>{{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}}</ref>

INS ''Saryu'' was launched on 30 March 2009 by the [[Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy|Chief of Naval Staff]], [[Sureesh Mehta|Admiral Sureesh Mehta]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> The navy took delivery of the ship on 21 December 2012<ref name="saryudelivery">{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> and she was commissioned on 21 January 2013 at [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco da Gama]], by the Commander-in-Chief of the [[Andaman and Nicobar Command]] (ANC), Air Marshal [[P.K. Roy]].<ref name=bs19 /><ref name=toij19 /><ref name=ect>{{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}}</ref>

==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 76 mm|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 system]]s (CIWS), and six self-protection [[chaff]] launchers, all of which are controlled by an on-board electro-optic [[fire-control system]].<ref name=nt22j13>{{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}}</ref> She also has [[Radar navigation|navigational]] and [[early warning radar]]s, and an integrated [[electronic warfare]] system. She carries two [[Rigid-hulled inflatable boat|rigid inflatable fast-motor boats]] alongside a multi-role helicopter like the [[HAL Dhruv]] or [[HAL Chetak]].<ref name=toij19 /><ref name=in15j>{{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}}</ref>

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}}.<ref name=toij19 />

==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,<ref name=zn21d /> who will be commanding a ship for the second time. The ship will enhance the off-shore surveillance and [[maritime patrol]]ling capability of the A&N command, where she will be used to patrol India's [[exclusive economic zone]] (EEZ) and [[sea lines of communication]].<ref name=nt22j13 /> She will also perform anti-piracy patrols and fleet-support operations like providing security to off-shore installations and escorting high-value assets.<ref name=bs19 /><ref name=toij19 /><ref name=nt20 /><ref name=nvht />

==Gallery==

{{Gallery
|title=Saryu-class ships at sea
|width=160 | height=170
|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]] [[Mk. IV LCU| IN LCU 58]] & [[Mk. IV LCU|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
}}

==References==
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