| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ajay class |
| Builders | Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers |
| Operators |
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| Completed | 6 |
| Retired | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement |
|
| Length | 35.7 m (117 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Range | 500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 35 |
| Armament |
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The Ajay-class patrol vessels were built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers in the 1960s. The lead vessel, INS Ajay was the first warship built in Independent India.[1][2][3] They were sometimes viewed as a variant of the Ford-class seaward defence boats.[4] Two were transferred to the Bangladesh Navy and one to Mauritius; later versions could have different armament
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