Saryu-class patrol vessel

The Saryu class of naval offshore patrol vessels (OPV) are advanced patrol ships under construction for the Indian Navy at the Goa Shipyard Limited. These vessels are capable of ocean surveillance and monitoring and can maintain control of shipping lanes. They can also be deployed to provide security to offshore oil installations, and other naval assets.

Design and development
In 2009, it was reported that the Indian government had placed a tender for five additional Saryu class OPVs and that the Pipavav shipyard was interested in bidding for the contract. In 2010, it was announced that the Pipavav shipyard had won a inr 26000000000 deal to build 5 OPVs for the Indian Navy.

According to GSL's chairman and managing director Rear Admiral (Retd) Vineet Bakhshi, with the design and construction of the first Saryu class patrol vessel, GSL has become India's first shipyard with the capability to design and build naval warships indigenously. INS Saryu is the most advanced vessel constructed by GSL in terms of design, performance and quality. The ships have been designed by GSL's in-house design team. Construction of the first Saryu-class vessel took 3 and a half years and three more NOPVs are being constructed for the navy.

Ships of the class
The first ship INS Saryu was launched on 30 March 2009 in the presence of Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Sureesh Mehta. INS Saryu was handed over to the Navy on 21 December 2012 and was commissioned on 21 January 2013 at Vasco, by the Commander-in-Chief of Andaman and Nicobar Command, Air Marshal P K Roy.

The second ship, INS Sunayna, was handed over to the Indian Navy on 2 September 2013; her first CO will be Cdr. Aftab Ahmed Khan. The two remaining ships will be delivered subsequently with an interval of six months each.