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| Name | Sindurala |
| Operator | Sri Lanka Navy |
| Builder | Goa Shipyard |
| Cost | $74 Million |
| Yard number | Y 1218 |
| Laid down | 10 September 2014 |
| Launched | 11 June 2016 |
| Acquired | 22 March 2018[1] |
| Commissioned | 19 April 2018 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Saryu-class patrol vessel |
| Type | Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel |
| Displacement | 2,350 tons |
| Length | 105.7 m (347 ft) |
| Beam | 13.6 m (45 ft) |
| Draught | 3.6 m |
| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 20V 8000 M71 diesel engines |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 127 (incl. 19 officers) |
| Armament | One Type 76 twin 37 mm naval gun, two Typhoon Mk-30c equipped with the 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster II, two Type 58 14.5 mm dual AA machine guns, multiple W85 heavy machine guns, multiple Type 80 machine guns |
| Aviation facilities | Landing deck and Hangar for Advanced Light Helicopter |
SLNS Sindurala (Sinhala: සිඳුරළ, romanized: 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 SLNS Sayurala.
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.[2][3]
- ^ "India's Goa Shipyard delivers second OPV to Sri Lankan Navy". Naval Today. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Navy warmly welcomes its brand-new AOPV at Colombo harbour". Sri Lanka Navy - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2017-08-04. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
- ^ "SLNS SAYURALA ADVANCED OFFSHORE PATROL VESSEL, MADE BY GSL FOR SRI LANKA, EMBARKS ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE TO SRI LANKA". Goa Shipyard. Retrieved 2017-08-04.