Ajay-class patrol vessel explained

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The Ajay-class patrol vessels were built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers in the 1960s. The lead vessel, was the first warship built in Independent India.[1] [2] [3] They were sometimes viewed as a variant of the s.[4] Two were transferred to the Bangladesh Navy and one to Mauritius; later versions could have different armament

Ships

NameBuilderCommissionedFateComments
1961 Transferred to Bangladesh Navy on 26 July 1974 Transferred to the Bangladesh Navy on 26 July 1974, served as and was eventually decommissioned
11 July 1969[5] Decommissioned March 1974Transferred 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.[6] [7]
9 December 1969Decommissioned July 1971Foundered
11 June 1970Decommissioned 1980s
UnknownTransferred to Bangladesh Navy on 12 April 1973Transferred to Bangladesh Navy on 12 April 1973[8] and served as and was eventually decommissioned
13 November 1961Decommissioned 20 June 1980

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indian Navy Indigenisation Present State . Indian Navy. 27 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Achievements & Highlights . Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. 27 June 2021.
  3. News: Keel Laying of Fast Patrol Vessel at GRSE . Sainik Samachar. 27 June 2021.
  4. Web site: BNS Padma - Coastal Patrol Craft (Akshay / Ajay Class) . globalsecurity.org. 27 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Indian Navy’s Inshore Patrol Vessels. Orbat.info . 27 June 2021.
  6. Web site: The Mauritius-India Naval Relationship: Naval Diplomacy 2.0 . idsa.in . 27 June 2021.
  7. Web site: 40 Years of the Maritime Wing of the Mauritius Police Force (1974-2014) . mauritianphilatelicblog. 27 June 2021.
  8. Web site: Bangladesh Navy History. Bangladesh Navy. 5 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161206003532/http://www.navy.mil.bd/bn_history2.php. 6 December 2016. dead.